title: Getting started with Arduino: VirtualBox: Ubuntu
body: <p>I would like to play with Arduino development, but I would like to do it in Ubuntu Linux, and I would like to do it on a Ubuntu VM hosted on my Windows computer using VirtualBox or VMWare Player. </p>
  
  <p>Is it possible to do this? Do Ihave to do anything special to make the Arduino-connected USB port of the host OS (windows) accessible to the USB port of the guest OS (Ubuntu/virtualbox)?</p>