There are many ways to get started if you'd like to experiment with Linux. In this article I'am going to explain one using VirtualBox on top of an MS Windows or Mac OSX system. It could also be used on top of an already existing Linux installation, and for experimentation it might be better to use this than the Operating System you already have on your computer. It could also run on Solaris, but who has Solaris on their notebook or desktop computer.

This method is not the simplest, but it will make it easier to understand the system and other options (e.g. Use this process behind the scene.

In fact you can install 64bit guests on 32bit hosts, so the 'bittedness' of the host OS is not the issue. The issue is that in VirtualBox, hardware support for virtualization (Intel VT-x. How To Enable 64Bit OS With VM VirtualBox (On Windows 7). Ask Question -2. I recently installed Oracle VM VirtualBox on Windows 7 (64Bit) however when i go to setup an OS the version list only shows 32Bit OS. Browse other questions tagged ubuntu virtualbox virtual-machine 64-bit or ask your own question. 2 years, 2 months ago.

The installation and all the setup can take 1-2 hours. Much shorter when you do it for a second time.

What is Linux, what is Ubuntu A very quick recap: On one hand Linux officially refers to the 'Linux kernel' which is the core of what makes a computer work for you. On the other hand most people use the word 'Linux' to describe a 'Linux Distribution' that includes 10s of thousands of programs, including the Linux kernerl. A 'distribution' is like a package in which some team collected many useful software. Editors, games, databases, web servers, etc. And of course the kernel.

There are many distribution has a list of 'top 100'. In this article we are going to use, one of the popular distributions. Our steps • Download the ISO image of • Download, install, and configure Download Ubuntu Server ISO image Visit and specifically the page. Select the most recent one.

At the time of this writing it is Ubuntu Server 17.10.1 because it was released in 2017 October. (The 1 is just a sub-release number, not the date.) An ISO image is a single file that looks like a CD-rom from the inside. They can be burned on physical CDs or can be used by other software (e.g. VirtualBox) to pretend it is a real CD.

We'll use the downloaded file in a minute. While we are waiting for it to download, let's do something else: VirtualBox is an application that can run on MS Windows, Mac OSX, or Linux and then it can create Virtual computers. From the inside that virtual computer will look like any other computer. It will have some memory, CPUs, disk(s), a CD player, a video card with some memory, network card(s). Whatever you decide. The Opearting System installed in it, which we'll refer to as the guest, won't really know it is not running on real hardware. From the point of view of your operating system, the one that you already have on your computer (Most likely some version of MS Windowsor Mac OSX) it is just a directory with a few files in it.

When your guest operating system is running it is allocated a certain amount of memory, CPU, etc. Just like any other application on your system. If you turn off your guest operating system, then all that is freed up and it will only take up space on your hard-disk. You can remove those files any time, but then you will lose your installation.

Download and Install VirtualBox Visit and on the big blue button to get to the page. Select the latest version (for me it was VirtualBox 5.2.8) and the name of your host Operating System. So probably Windows or OSX. It will download an exe file on Windows or dmg file on OSX. Once the download ended, run these programs, agree to everything you usually agree when you install a program. It is the standar Windows and OSX installation process. Nothing fancy.

In case your system does not have it, this method will not work for you. • Open Run command by pressing Windows + R on your keyboard. How to change chrome to default browser mac. Here are the steps for that: Note: Local Group Policy Editor is not available on every Windows edition. Here, type “gpedit.msc” and hit Enter. This template will be used to disable Chrome auto-update on your computer using the Local Group Policy Editor.

Configure VirtualBox A small warning: the different versions of VirtualBox have slightly different UI and Mac OSX and MS Windows versions also differ from each other. The screenshots you see here are from Mac OSX. Most of the screenshots were taken by for our. In your version they might look slightly different. Open VirtualBox - Press the 'new' button on the left Type in any name If the name starts with 'ubu' it will setup the type to Linux and the version to Ubuntu 64-bit automatically. If you go with a totally different name (e.g.