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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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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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+ 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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In the VirtualBox GUI window:
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