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How to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Kubuntu 23.04

Silver Moon — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 06:17:38 +0000

If you are running kubuntu inside virtualbox as a guest os, then you need to install the guest additions as well. Its an extra set of drivers that improves integration between the host and the guest and provides a bunch of features like shared clipboard, native screen resolution, better mouse pointer integration, shared folders etc.... Read More »

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How to use Multipass on Windows to create Ubuntu virtual machines

Silver Moon — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 04:35:18 +0000

Multipass is a tool used to generate cloud-style Ubuntu VMs quickly on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It's designed for developers who want a fresh Ubuntu environment with a single command. It uses KVM on Linux, Hyper-V on Windows, and HyperKit on macOS to run the VM with minimal overhead. The tool gives you a simple... Read More »

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How to create your own local Docker Images with Dockerfile

Silver Moon — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 04:09:38 +0000

In another article, we learned the basic docker commands like how to launch a container and connect to it via terminal and run commands. We saw that a basic docker image like "ubuntu" does not have commands like ifconfig, ip, and ping installed by default and we could install them with the apt command. But... Read More »

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Multipass Command Examples – Create and Manage Ubuntu Virtual Machines

Silver Moon — Tue, 30 May 2023 07:47:36 +0000

Multipass is a lightweight, command-line virtualization tool developed by Canonical that allows you to create and manage Ubuntu virtual machines (VM) on your local machine. It lets you run multiple isolated instances of Ubuntu for development and testing. Multipass is cross-platform, which means you can run it on macOS, Windows, and Linux. However, on Linux,... Read More »

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Basic Docker Command Examples on Ubuntu – Get Images and Launch Containers

Silver Moon — Tue, 30 May 2023 07:00:32 +0000

Docker is a popular "containerization" platform that allows developers to run applications inside isolated environments called containers. Containers are similar to virtual machines, however they do not run an entire operating system (like virtualbox, qemu). In principle containers are somewhat similar to the classic that could be used to setup a completely isolated environment within... Read More »

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How to install Ubuntu 23.04 in Qemu/KVM on Ubuntu Host

Silver Moon — Tue, 23 May 2023 13:41:22 +0000

Qemu(+KVM) is a powerful virtualization solution for linux oses. KVM (Kernel based Virtual Machine) is a module built into the linux kernel that provides it virtualization capabilities. Qemu is a hardware emulator that uses kvm to provides all necessary features to create and launch virtual machines with guest operating systems. The other more commonly used... Read More »

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How to Boot Ubuntu 23.04 Live ISO with Qemu/KVM on Ubuntu Host

Silver Moon — Fri, 05 May 2023 12:00:14 +0000

Qemu+kvm is an excellent free virtualisation solution for linux host systems. It can run any gui operating system pretty much like virtualbox or vmware. KVM provides virtualised access to cpu and memory whereas qemu emulates other hardware components like disk drives. Together they provide a complete solution to launch a virtual machine that a user... Read More »

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Get Started with Linux on Windows with WSL – A Beginners Guide

Silver Moon — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:04:14 +0000

Have you ever tried using Linux in Windows? If you do, then you need to use virtualization. Alternatively, you can do a dual-boot, which lets you use only one operating system at a time. Meet Windows Subsystem for Linux. This new Windows feature lets you access Linux directly from Windows. In this article, we'll go... Read More »

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How to Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu 22.10

Silver Moon — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 12:07:53 +0000

After you install Ubuntu inside VirtualBox its necessary to install guest additions in order to enable enhanced features like native screen resolution, seamless windows, shared clipboard, shared folders and few others. Without it, you would probably have to work with a standard resolution like 1024x768 as the default virtual machine does not support every possible... Read More »

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How to fix Virtualbox error “Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)” on Ubuntu

Silver Moon — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 07:52:41 +0000

Quick tip on How to fix Virtualbox error "Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)" on Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17 and similar Linux distros.

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How to install Virtualbox guest additions on Ubuntu 14.04

Silver Moon — Mon, 05 May 2014 09:12:07 +0000

If you are running Ubuntu, Xubuntu or Kubuntu inside virtualbox then install virtualbox guest additions to enable features like shared folders, mouse pointer integration and seamless windows

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How to Install Virtualbox Guest Additions on Fedora 20

Silver Moon — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:34:58 +0000

Fedora 20 (Heisenbug) is currently the latest release and if you want to try it on VirtualBox then install the guest additions for full functionality. Installation is simple and takes a few steps, but involves download and updates which would require some bandwidth. The Guest Additions are compiled from source and loaded as a module.... Read More »

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How to Install Virtualbox 4.3 on Ubuntu / Debian / Fedora

Silver Moon — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:23:00 +0000

Step by step guide on how to install Virtualbox 4.3 on Ubuntu, Debian and Fedora linux and derivative distros.

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How to Install Virtualbox Guest Additions on Elementary OS 0.2 Luna

Silver Moon — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:11:03 +0000

Step by step tutorial on how to install the latest virtualbox guest additions on elementary OS 0.2 Luna

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How to Install Virtualbox Guest Additions on Debian 7 Wheezy

Silver Moon — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 13:39:33 +0000

Virtualbox guest additions in Debian Debian 7 wheezy has virtualbox guest additions inbuilt. So after installing debian on virtualbox the guest addition features are immediately available. However the guest additions bundled with debian is general of older version compared to the latest virtualbox version. So its a good idea to install the latest virtualbox guest... Read More »

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How to Install Virtualbox Guest Additions in Fedora 18

Silver Moon — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:21:21 +0000

Step by step instructions to install virtualbox guest additions on Fedora 18 Linux.

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How to take screenshot of Virtualbox Guest OS

Silver Moon — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 07:25:51 +0000

Virtualbox If you are a blogger, doing experiments with various oses on virtualbox and writing tutorials and posts, then you will need to take screenshots of the guest os things inside virtualbox. For normal screenshot tasks a tool like shutter works very well. But with virtualbox you get the screenshot of the entire virtualbox window... Read More »

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How to Check if Virtualbox Guest Additions are Installed in a Linux Guest OS

Silver Moon — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 04:00:58 +0000

Virtualbox guest additions allow better integration between the host and guest operating systems like seamless copy/paste, flexible screen resolution of the guest os etc. After installing an OS inside VirtualBox you should install the Guest Additions right away to get the best features and functionality out of it. It installs driver programs that enables native... Read More »

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Install Fedora 17 64bit on virtualbox

Silver Moon — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:40:43 +0000

Fedora can be easily installed on virtualbox if you want to try it out without doing a real install to your hard drive. In this tutorial we are going to do that. Since we shall be using 64bit fedora, virtualbox would need to have the VT-x/AMD-V virtualisation feature in bios. These are the virtualisation extension... Read More »

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