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Dec 15, 2013, 10:13:29 PM (9 years ago)
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    55Likewise, the article is limited to [https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox] because that's the virtual machine manager I use. It was free, ease to install and use, and worked better for me than several similar packages. But that was some years ago and your mileage may vary.
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    7 == Initial installation ==
     7== Initial downloads and installation ==
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    99* [http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop Download the Ubuntu Desktop installer], choosing the 64-bit flavor unless you have less than 2GB of RAM. The {{{.iso}}} file downloaded will be used later.
    10 * [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Download the installer for Windows hosts].
     10* [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Download the !VirtualBox installer for Windows hosts].
    1111* Run the !VirtualBox installer, selecting the default when offered a choice.
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     13== Create a new virtual machine ==
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     15* Run !VirtualBox. Click the New button to create a new virtual machine. My host machine has four cores with hyper-threading and 16GB of main memory, so I give the virtual machine 2GB of main memory. I also give it 20GB maximum of disk space - !VirtualBox only allocates that much if actually needed.
     16* Once the virtual machine has been built, click Settings (gear icon) and set:
     17 * System: Processor: 2 CPU's.
     18 * General: Advanced: Shared clipboard: bidirectional
     19 * General: Advanced: Drag'n'drop: bidirectional