Question: How to Run Ubuntu on Virtualbox?

This will open VirtualBox at the end of the installation.

• Create Virtual Machine. Click ‘New’ button to open a dialog. Type a name for the new virtual machine.
• Install Ubuntu. Back to Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager, click on the new Ubuntu virtual machine and hit ‘Start’ button.
• More About VirtualBox. Guest Additions.

Follow these instructions to get a Ubuntu disk image (.iso file).

• After you launch VirtualBox from the Windows Start menu, click on New to create a new virtual machine.
• You can call the machine whatever you want.
• VirtualBox will try to guess how much of your memory (or RAM) to allocate for the virtual machine.

Install Ubuntu

• Back to Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager, click on the new Ubuntu virtual machine and hit ‘Start’ button.
• Click ‘Continue’ button.
• Make sure ‘Erase disk and install Ubuntu’ option is selected and click ‘Install Now’ button.
• Ubuntu will ask you a few questions.
• In ‘Who are you?’

If VirtualBox is only showing 32-bit versions in the Version list make sure:

• You have an x64 CPU installed.
• Hardware virtualization is enabled in the BIOS.
• Hyper-V (or any other form of bare-metal hypervisor) is not installed.

How do I run Linux on VirtualBox?

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1. Step 1: Download and install VirtualBox. Go to the website of Oracle VirtualBox and get the latest stable version from here:
2. Step 2: Download Linux ISO. Next, you need to download the ISO file of the Linux distribution.
3. Step 3: Install Linux using VirtualBox.

How do I run Ubuntu on Vmware?

Installing Ubuntu in a VM on Windows

• Download the Ubuntu iso (desktop not server) and the free VMware Player.
• Install VMware Player and run it, you’ll see something like this:
• Select “Create a New Virtual Machine”
• Select “Installer disc image file” and browse to the Ubuntu iso you downloaded.