Inside this virtual machine, you can install another operating system, for example a flavor of Linux. We’ll call this one the host operating system.Īfter you installed the VirtualBox application on your host operating system, you can create a new virtual machine (VM) in VirtualBox. Hmm…what does this mean? Simply put, VirtualBox is an application that enables you to install another operating system, within your current operating system.
If you look up the definition of VirtualBox, you’ll find something along the lines of “VirtualBox is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor for x86 virtualization”. That way there is zero risk of messing up your current operating system. We’ll use VirtualBox to install Ubuntu as a virtual machine. I picked the Ubuntu distribution, because it is a popular and beginner-friendly Linux based operating system.
In this article, you’ll learn step-by-step how to install Ubuntu as a VirtualBox virtual machine. If you see that your graphics may become blurry or jerky, you can disable 3D transparency effects by right-clicking on the desktop, then select Personlize -> Appearance –> Disable transparency effects.Interested in giving Linux a try? Then you came to the right place. To accomplish this, you can select the Display-icon at the bottom-right of the VirtualBox ( ) -> Virtual Screen 1 –> Resize to 1440×900. It might be handy to increase the resolution if the VirtualBox. For the shared folder, we recommend usning your Downloads folder in Linux for your VirtualBox Downloads. Now run the setup: just double-click the VBoxWindowsAdditions executable file.Īfter the installation, you should be able to set a shared folder, set shared clipboard to bi-directional and set the bi-directional drag-and-drop function. Then you can find the VirtualBox Guest Additions virtual CD drive under the file explorer -> This PC. On the top bar of your virtual machine, click on Devices -> Insert guest additions CD image. Installing the Guest additions add-on is pretty straight-forward, luckily. To accomplish this, we will have to install the guest additions software of Oracle. Additional drivers for better performance and the ability to set the screen resolution.Bi-directional drag-and-drop, to easily drag-and-drop your files from and into the VirtualBox.Bi-directional clipboard, to easily copy and paste from and to the VirtualBox.Shared folder, to easily transfer files from and to the VirtualBox.Next we want to have some awesome additional features, such as: If you successfully installed Windows 10, the Windows start screen looks like this.
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