Now, your virtual machine has been successfully created and it is time to install Ubuntu on it. (This will be used for your operating system which is going to be installed, so give as much space as possible). Select the amount of space for your virtual machine and click the "Create" button. Choose the "VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)" option and click "Next". Select the "Create a virtual hard disk now" option and click on the "Create" button to proceed. Please note that this memory will only be used while using a virtual machine). (The recommended memory size is 1024 MB (1 GB).
With the help of the slider, choose the amount of memory (RAM) to be allocated to the virtual machine. Otherwise, from the drop-down menu, select "Linux" as the type and "Ubuntu" as the version and click on the "Next" button. Based on the name you entered, VirtualBox will try to predict the "Type" and "Version". Choose a name for your virtual machine with its location. Open VirtualBox and click on the "New" button. Follow the instructions below to proceed. Now, it is time to create a Virtual Machine. By clicking on the "Download" button, you can download the latest version of Ubuntu, i.e. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, visit the official Ubuntuwebsite in your web browser. To download the latest version of Ubuntu, i.e. Click on the Yes button and then the "Install" button.įollow the instructions below to download the Ubuntu ISO file. Choose the options as per your choice and click on the "Next" button. Choose the location where you want to install the VirtualBox and click on the "Next" button to proceed. The "Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1.6 Setup" window will appear on the screen and click on the "Next" button to proceed. Navigate the folder where you have downloaded your VirtualBox and double-click on the downloaded "VirtualBox" file to run it. To download the latest version of VirtualBox, visit the official VirtualBox website in your web browser. To download the VirtualBox, follow the instructions below. Good Internet Connection to download the VirtualBox and Ubuntu ISO files.Free Disk Space - Minimum 25 GB free space recommended.Random Access Memory (RAM) - Minimum 4 GB RAM recommended.Operating System Version - Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit or 64-bit).System Requirementsīefore downloading and installing Ubuntu on Windows 10 using VirtualBox, the following requirements are essential. This tutorial will show you various steps on how to install Ubuntu on Windows 10 using VirtualBox. A virtual machine is used to run software or OS like a physical computer. For some guest operating systems, a "Guest Additions" package of device drivers and system applications is available, which typically improves performance, especially that of graphics".Ī virtual machine is a software or a virtual environment that provides the same functionality as physical computers (eg, a computer system with its own CPU, memory, network interfaces, and storage capacity). As per Wikipedia, "It supports the creation and management of guest virtual machines running Windows, Linux, as well as limited virtualization of macOS guests on Apple hardware. It enables users to install other operating systems by creating virtual machines. The user can install the VirtualBox on Windows, macOS, Linux, Solaris, and OpenSolaris. Oracle VM VirtualBox is a free and open-source virtualization platform developed by Oracle Corporation. You should also know of VirtualBox and Virtual Machine. There are some benefits of using Ubuntu - it's free (I think this is the most attractive feature), open-source, fully customizable, more secure, and command-line-based. As of 23 April 2020, the latest release and also the most recent long-term support release is 20.04, which is supported until 2025 under public support and until 2030 as a paid option". As per Wikipedia, "Ubuntu is released every six months, with long-term support (LTS) releases every two years. Ubuntu is a free and open-source Linux distribution based on Debian. Some of the popular Linux distributions include Debian, Fedora, Linux Mint, and Ubuntu. Linux is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems. Like Windows or Mac OS, Linux is also an operating system. We know that Microsoft Windows is a family of proprietary operating systems designed by Microsoft Corporation. It is system software that manages computer hardware, and software, and handles various services for computer programs. An operating system acts as an interface between a user and computer hardware. The first thing for this tutorial that you need to know is what an operating system is.