If you think your system is unable to handle a VM, please dual boot instead, then skip to Step 31 to install our dependencies
- Get Ubuntu 18.04 ISO
- Install VirtualBox
- Open VirtualBox
- Press
New
on the top left - Create
Linux
,Ubuntu
(usually 64-bit) Virtual Machine. Name it to your choice. - Click next, set Memory Size to a minimum of
2048MB
- Click next, then Create (when it asks for creating visual hard disk)
- Choose
VMDK
(just in case you start hating VirtualBox) - Click next, choose
Dynamically Allocated
- Change the virtual hard disk size if you plan on installing anything large in the near future. Otherwise,
10GB
should be enough. - Right-click on the newly created VM, go to Settings
- Click on Storage on the left panel
- Click on
Empty
belowController: IDE
- There is a CD icon on the right, next to the combobox. Click on it and browse to where the downloaded Ubuntu .iso file is
- Click on
System
on the left panel, then theProcessor
tab. Increase the settings there to however large your system can spare. - Click OK, then Start the VM by clicking on the big green Start arrow. This should be the result
- Click
Install Ubuntu
- A tip: To change control back to your host OS, press
Ctrl
, or the WindowsStart
button/ MacOSCmd
button
- Choose your appropriate keyboard layout, click next
- Check the
Install third-party updates...
checkbox - Click on Install Now (there is nothing in the disk to be erased ;)
- Choose your timezone, click Continue.
- Select your user settings, click on Continue
- Wait for Ubuntu to install. The installation might ask for a restart periodically. Press yes accordingly.
- Login to the VM, open a terminal (
Ctrl-Alt-T
) type insudo apt-get install virtualbox-guest-dkms virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11
and press enter. This is to make sure VirtualBox is kind to you - Enable shared clipboard by clicking on Devices>Shared Clipboard>Bidirectional, and Devices>Drag and Drop>Bidirectional
- Setup Shared Folders via Devices>Shared Folder>Shared Folders Settings
- Click on the + folder sign when the popup opens
- Enter your preferred folder, click on
Make Permanent
andAuto-mount
- Click on Ok, then restart the VM
- The Shared Folder is on the path /media/sf_FOLDERNAME, where FOLDERNAME is the name of the folder that you chose, and will also be on the Desktop.
- Open a terminal, enter
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nush-osi-layer-8/setup/master/bootstrap.sh -O -)"