Write the changes to disks: Click Continue.Choose if you want to Encrypt your Hard Disk. Installation type: Check Erase disk and install Linux Mint.Preparing to install Linux Mint: Leave the install third-party software box unticked.Keyboard Layout: Select your preferred Keyboard layout and click Continue.Welcome Screen: Select your language and click Continue.
Now I won't attach a screenshot for every step but I will guide you through in text-form: This will bring up the installation menu. Simply double-click Install Linux Mint on the Desktop. Choose the ISO file from your download folder.Īfter you did this, Linux Mint 19 will boot into its live environment. Now select the Linux Mint 19 ISO file from your Downloads folder. Select your Linux Mint 19 VM and either click on Start from the navigation bar on the top or simply right-click the VM and hit Start -> Normal Start. That's the Linux Mint 19 ISO file we downloaded earlier. Once you start it, it will ask you to provide an image file. Perfect, you just created your first VM! Easy, wasn't it? Next, we are going to install Linux Mint 19.Īlright, time for the fun part! Let's start up your VM. Next, right-click your VM, navigate to Display and make sure you choose VboxVGA for your Graphics Controller. On the final screen, click on the folder on the right to select a location where you want to save the VM file. But it will fill up to a maximum of 20GB. Dynamically allocated means that if you choose to give the VM 20 GB of space, but the size of your installation is only 6GB big, it will only eat up 6GB of your physical hard drive instead of the whole 20. Leave it on Dynamically allocated and click Next. Leave it on the default VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) and click Next. Assigning RAMĬlick on Next when you are finished and select: Create a virtual hard disk now and click on Create. If you have 16, you can assign it more but you don't have to. For a good experience, a rule of thumb is: If you have 8GB of RAM, assign it 4GB. Version: Ubuntu (64bit) Creating a new VMĬlick on Next and assign it a certain amount of Memory.Name: Linux Mint 19 (Or whatever you want to call it).Give it a Name, choose a Type and a Version as follows: Once you have VirtualBox started, click on New. This is much easier than you might think. Good, now we are going to create our first Virtual Machine. Start VirtualBox soon as you got it installed. This is pretty straightforward, just run the installer and leave everything on default. Check out the best Linux Laptops of 2018!Īs the first step, we are going to install Oracle VirtualBox.
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