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Small edits to new readme (#660)
* Move optional steps for testing VMs out of README.md file This may help avoid new users being confused that they must follow those instructions. Signed-off-by: Andy Fingerhut <[email protected]> * Small edits to the new README on creating a VM using an ISO installer Signed-off-by: Andy Fingerhut <[email protected]> --------- Signed-off-by: Andy Fingerhut <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andy Fingerhut <[email protected]>
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Download the `.iso` file that installs the version of Linux that you
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are interested in. An Internet search for terms like these works for
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me. Use "amd64" for a host system with 64-bit Intel/AMD CPU, or
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"arm64" for an Apple Silicon Mac.
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Example search terms:
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me. You should only pay attention to search results that are on the
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ubuntu.com web site.
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+ If your system has a 64-bit Intel or AMD CPU
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+ Ubuntu 24.04 amd64
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+ Search terms: Ubuntu 24.04 amd64
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+ Names of files I found on 2024-Dec-30:
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+ ubuntu-24.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
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+ ubuntu-24.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso
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+ If you have an Apple Silicon Mac:
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+ Ubuntu 24.04 arm64
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+ Search terms: Ubuntu 24.04 arm64
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+ Names of files I found on 2024-Dec-30:
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+ ubuntu-24.04.1-live-server-arm64.iso
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An installer for Desktop Linux leads to fewer steps you need to do in
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An installer for Ubuntu Desktop leads to fewer steps you need to do in
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order to get a GUI Desktop. As of 2024, I have only been able to find
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Server Linux installers for arm64 systems. It is not difficult to
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Ubuntu Server installers for arm64 systems. It is not difficult to
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install that, and then later install the GUI Desktop.
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A nice thing about VirtualBox is that once you create a VM for the
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operating system you want, if you have enough free disk space to keep
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around that original VM, it is very quick (30 seconds or less) to
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create a copy of that VM, and then install a bunch of software on that
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copy. As long as you leave the original VM there, it will not change,
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and you can create copies of it whenever you want to try experimenting
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with it. Did you accidentally mess up the state of that VM's
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system-wide configuration files, or install some weird combination of
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software that seems to conflict with each other? You can abandon that
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VM image, deleting it whenever you no longer find its contents useful,
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and create more clones of the original base OS for further
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experiments.
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around that original VM (which I typically include "base OS" somewhere
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in its name), it is very quick (30 seconds or less) to create a copy
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of the base OS VM, and then install a bunch of software on that copy.
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As long as you leave the original base OS VM there, it will not
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change, and you can create copies of it whenever you want to try
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experimenting with it. Did you accidentally mess up the state of some
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VM's system-wide configuration files, or install some weird
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combination of software that seems to conflict with each other? You
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can abandon that VM image, deleting it whenever you no longer find its
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contents useful, and create more clones of the original base OS VM for
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further experiments.
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In the VirtualBox GUI window:
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