

Select Dynamically allocated and click Next.Choose VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) as the Hard disk file type and then click the Next button.Select Create a virtual hard disk now on the Hard disk screen and then click the Next button to continue.The more memory your PC has the more you can assign to Ubuntu – but make sure to leave at least half for Windows. On the Memory size window make sure that you’ve allocated at least 1024 MB of RAM to the virtual machine (Ubuntu).The Type: and Version: fields should auto-populate to Linux and Ubuntu (64-bit) respectively, but if they don’t, make sure that’s how they’re set.


In the Name: field enter Ubuntu (or something similarly descriptive).Once you’ve got VirtualBox installed and Ubuntu downloaded, open VirtualBox and click the New button. While you’re installing VirtualBox, start downloading Ubuntu – which comes packaged as an. Start by downloading the VirtualBox App for Windows.We also have a macOS version of this guide, which can be found here. As if that wasn’t enough, all of the software used in this guide is completely free and open-source. None of the data on on your PC is at risk of being deleted or altered. Plus, it will not affect the other files on your computer at all. Another major benefit is that you can try out Ubuntu and if you don’t like it, very easily get rid of it. You won’t need to setup a dual-boot system or restart your PC each time you want to switch from one operating system to the other. Using the steps in this tutorial you’ll be able to install and use Ubuntu right from within Windows itself. Using this method you’ll be able to run Ubuntu and Windows at the same time!

This in depth guide will explain step by step how to install Ubuntu Linux on your Windows PC or laptop, by way of VirtualBox – a free (open-source!) app.
