


File size: 10GB is fine and can be changed later.

The defaults on your computer should match the image above pretty closely, but if it doubt, these settings will work fine:

We’ll use the disk image downloaded in the previous step to install Ubuntu, but we first need an empty virtual machine to install it on. For this guide we’ll be installing the desktop image: Step 2 - Create an empty virtual machine in VirtualBox Step 1 - Download the Ubuntu 18.04 distribution imageĭownload the desired image from the Ubuntu 18.04 release page. Feel free to comment on this article or the video if you have any questions. If you prefer watching to reading, here’s a full video tutorial from the TopTechSkills YouTube channel covering a many of the points and examples from this article. These instructions will work for creating an Ubuntu 18.04 virtual machine on Windows, Linux and Mac OS host machines. In this guide you’ll see how you can install Ubuntu 18.04 on VirtualBox, a popular cross-platform software for running virtual machines. Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) is a long term support (LTS) release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution released in April of 2018 and supported until April of 2028.
