How to create and setup a virtual machine using VirtualBox 4

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 7, 2011

[ Thanks to Houcem HACHICHA for this
link. ]

“Tempting, isn’t it? In this post, I’m going to show you how to
create and setup a Virtual Machine, step by step, using the Open
Source-based Oracle’s VirtualBox 4 (latest stable version at the
time of this writing). I’ll use Linux Mint as an Operating System,
and I’ll set up a Linux Mint Debian Edition Virtual Machine. Don’t
worry though, no-matter what operating system you use or want to
set as a VM, the steps below should be exactly the same.

“VirtualBox is free to download and use. It is cross-platform,
so it should work on Windows, Linux, OS X, etc. Grub your copy from
here and install it.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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