Prerequisites: a decent computer.
The following specs are OK:
- Quad Core @ 1.6GHz
- 6GB RAM
- Virtualization enabled in the BIOS
Now then, follow the steps:
- Install VirtualBox from the Software Boutique
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In VirtualBox, click "New"
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Set the memory size to 2048MB and select "Create a virtual hard disk now"
- When configuring the disk, select 30 GB as maximum size and a VDI disk Dynamically allocated (should be default)
- Your machine now created, let's do a little bit more configuration before starting. Click on "System" and in the "Processor" tab select 2.
- It's now time to get the Ubuntu MATE ISO on the website.
The ISO tracker will allow you to find the most recent build that needs testing.
Locate the build in question, then from the download instructions copy the download link.
Open a terminal using CTRL + ALT + T and download the ISO:
wget -c http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/daily-live/current/artful-desktop-amd64.iso
Verify when the download completes that the MD5 matches using the md5sum
command :
When this post was written the correct MD5 was [ d29c48fd43b1c54ae371dcb06ff02181
]
- Insert the ISO in the Virtual Machine by clicking on "Optical Drive" then select the
.iso
file you've just downloaded.
- Your machine is now ready to Start!
- Only thing left is to run the install.