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title: Setting up a Ubuntu VM
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 - Go to: [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)

 - Download and install Oracle VirtualBox

 - Go to: [http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/](http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/)

 - Download the .iso image file for Ubuntu 14.04.2

 - Run Virtual Box, and click "New" in the top right.

 - Name your VM "Ubuntu" and select the appropriate type (Linux) and Version (Ubuntu, either 32 bit or 64 bit depending on what you downloaded)

 - Give your VM between 512 MB and 1024 MB of RAM, and then choose "Create a virtual hard drive now."

 - When the menu pops up, select "VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)" and hit continue.

 - Click "Fixed Size" and then Continue

 - Give your virtual hard drive between 8 and 32 GB of storage.

 - Click Create and wait for a few minutes while the virtual machine is being created.

 - When it is done, click it to select it, and then click Start at the top.

 - When it boots up, a window will appear asking where to boot from. Click the browse button and select the Ubuntu 14.04.2 .iso file you downloaded before, and hit OK.

 - Follow the instructions for a Ubuntu installation: [http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installing](http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/installing)

 - Note that you will choose "Use entire disk" for this VM at the "Installation Type" phase.

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