Linux Sysadmin Basics 01 -- Setting up a Linux Virtual Machine

[@enzomigflores]

Jeez, I've been going back to this series for about approximately 5 years now just to brush up on my skills on and off. Thank you SOOOO much for this!

[@PunmasterSTP]

Setting up a Linux virtual machine? More like "Super great information for me!" Thanks again so much for making all of these videos.

[@chrisk2673]

Bro, this is the channel for me. I'm an intermediate computer geek I guess you could say. This has truly sparked my interest into furthering my current knowledge. Thank you my friend!

[@tutoriaLinux]

Do it! It's so much fun, lets you build super cool things, and happens to be a great career too, if that's your thing. Enjoy!

[@abdullahX001]

Thank you! Just starting out with this. I don't plan to become a gnu linux admin but I am a Windows sysadmin. Watching your series just to learn and have fun!

[@NikitaSafronov-y6i]

"we are going to turn you into freaking hacker" =) Iam in!

[@HGTG-c6l]

我是新手。现在看这个系列太晚了吗？

[@mariarahman6984]

​@@HGTG-c6l so am i..dude Let's give it a try...

[@yourwifepapi5633]

@@HGTG-c6l no

[@jacobsachs1831]

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL! oh man since i first looked at a computer i always asked myself "why is everything hidden behind all this junk? couldn't there be a way to just type in every command i want? I dont care about the pretty little pictures and graphics i just need the info!" The moment i laid eyes on terminal i was in love! i'm young and still learning but i intend to learn everything i can about this stuff!

[@tutoriaLinux]

Nice! Yeah, getting into this stuff is great fun. Experiment, do cool projects, and get involved with different communities -- those things are how you'll have the most fun (and learn the most) with all of this. Enjoy!

[@nevenasterikova3335]

Your tutos are so good. I love the way you explain things.

[@zygotedermechatronik3448]

I just found this series. Then I saw the date it was made. Now I am curious whether this content applies to todays linux surroundings. But just for the basics I think I will give it a shot.

[@samanyt2967]

Your voice is soothing and cute, I'm excited too begin this course before diving in further and put it to work. Thanks for all your hard work.

[@pittmantechno]

Thanks! these are great! I'm a mac Sysadmin at the moment and am working to move to Linux sysadmin > you're getting me up to speed - super good

[@tutoriaLinux]

+Jason Pittman Remember that Mac OS X is in many ways a BSD Unix underneath the covers :-). A lot of the things you learn on Apple's platform will transfer really nicely to things like FreeBSD. Remember to take full advantage of that!

[@jasonpittman6849]

+tutoriaLinux yep! I've got about 7 years of mild Linux use, you've already showed my quite a few new tricks! Thanks again these are great!

[@mikea8656]

Thank you for this - I was just looking at some of your other tutorials and was wondering how you can get Linux without overwriting an existing OS. This helps alot.

[@tutoriaLinux]

+Mike A Hey, most popular distributions will have an installer that can detect an existing Windows install on your hard disk, and work around that by installing a dual-boot environment which lets you choose the OS you boot into. Ubuntu and its debian-derivative brethren (e.g. Mint) are a safe choice for this kind of thing.

[@lochinvar00465]

I'm running Mint(dual boot). During install it allows you to run alongside of OR instead of windows(your choice) You can either leave windows on your drive and install linux alongside or delete windows and use the entire disc for linux. I chose to install linux on a second internal drive(on the IDE bus) and it works quite well.

[@insti1868]

4:36 mushroom stew minecraft :D

[@tutoriaLinux]

+Insti You know it's delicious.

[@kiprovencher4285]

+Gunnishone In his search bar it says "mushroom stew minecraft."

[@yellowfox8172]

[@witchcrafttv1389]

Do you think this tutorial is still valid for today's versions of Ubuntu and Virtual Box? Can I get some likes so that the creator will see this question?

[@tutoriaLinux]

You don't need likes for me to see your question :-). Yes, this course is still being updated and it still applies. The basic topics and skills I cover here are 'evergreen' -- they haven't changed much in the last 15 years. Many haven't even changed much in the last 30. That's not to say that Linux is standing still -- it's not -- but just that I've tried to focus on the core concepts that you need to become truly skilled at this stuff. Once you've worked through this course you should be able to pick most of the flavor-of-the-month tools or skills in a few hours.

[@witchcrafttv1389]

@@tutoriaLinux Thank you for your response! Also thank you for doing these videos! They are incredibly helpful! Especially for the person who jumped in feet first and installed linux and erased windows.

[@Capt1caveman]

@@witchcrafttv1389 A bold move. I applaud your courage ;)

[@jimmyboyn]

@@Capt1caveman Funny Thing is, I am a CompTIA CSIS certified person. (have A+ Net+ Sec+) and I don't know a lot of linux. I am just getting started on these videos as a ground up way to increase my value in the market. Looking to go CASP+ in the near future. Glad you asked this question about it being relevant to today's stuff. I had the same question when I saw what distro version he was running vs. whats it is now. Really looking forward to the lessons.

[@elemenohpe123]

@@tutoriaLinux you rock man!

[@ollyonearth]

Thanks men. This is a really great video for newbies like me. Very explanatory without boring details👍👍👍

[@lopespm]

"Ultimate Uplink" out of the blue xD Thanks for your videos!

[@zeromonth]

Currently watching the videos on a Linux box... Thanks for the videos...

[@kirangurung596]

I am just starting today. Thanks for making this tutorial.

[@ziyah1735]

Hi this is just amazing this is what I've been looking for. thks a million this is really helpfull and great info. I've always wanted to learn Linux. this has cleared alot of airwaves.

[@Mithraxium]

2:21 I know this sound. Or something similar. But I can't remember where exactly it's from. Some game menu? Need for Speed maybe?

[@DaleStrife]

Sounded like StarCraft to me.

[@henrybueno6006]

Deus Ex

[@fhujf]

Call of Duty 4, summing up statistics after a multiplayer match has ended.

[@lorenzojavier_av]

Another step. I went with the Ubuntu server version, though. So far, so good.

[@maximecarella7765]

Can anyone help me? When around 7:00 I want to install Ubuntu an error pops up saying: "You need at least 8.6 GB disk space to install Ubuntu. This computer has only 8.6 GB."

[@AlanWagoner]

Wishing upon you a metric ton of good karma for these videos!

[@DarkXagami]

Here in 2024. My buddy told me to do Hack-the-Box tutorials, but you need an understanding of Linux to do so. I did the Linux Fundamentals course in HTB but I'm still lost. So I am going to give it one last Hail Mary attempt and watch all 80+ of your videos.

[@JasonBunnell]

Great video. This is the video (I think, it was one of your early Linux videos) where I found you. I lost my laptop while traveling and am trying to do this round 2 and running into a problem I do not remember having before which is the Virtual Box does not by default seem to go full screen. I watched this trying to see if you mentioned how to fix and you don't. And I get you can't make a video for every single Linux/Ubuntu use case, but this video is pretty awesome and might be worth a 2019 update. Just a thought.

[@tutoriaLinux]

Appreciate the comment. I think the process is still basically the same in 2019 (slightly different Ubuntu version, but everything else should be the same). I'll double-check and make a new vid if things have changed significantly -- will put it on my to-do list!

[@LuffyMonkey0327]

hey Dave. can you make a video on how to make a virtual machine on Linux? i have linux running on an old computer of mine, but i want to install a virtual machine of another linux distro onto that old computer of mine. how would i go about doing that? i have not seen many tutorials on the web on how to set up a virtual machine on Linux

[@theodorebaker9904]

When I click the image like @ 6:30, the error "Could not get the storage format of the medium 'image name'" shows up. How would I go about fixing this?

[@tutoriaLinux]

Unfortunately KZbin is a terrible platform for getting troubleshooting help. On the bright side, I just saw a ton of results when searching the Web for that error. Looks like the problem is usually a broken ISO. Try searching your favorite search engine if you're still having problems. Hope that helps!

[@NickLeeds]

Are these courses still relevant in 2022??? Is there work for people in Linux in late 2022?

[@Fernandez218]

ran into a problem here 2024 trying to install virtualbox: "missing dependences python core/win32api". it's hard to follow a given course sometimes because stuff like this happens and -- stuff like this has happened before and i get stuck and demotivated.

[@arjay2002ph]

i'm having issue installing ubuntu 24 version (new and current) on VM BOX (oracle). it always gets hung during "copying files . . ."

[@sextuplemcasian6799]

Could I learn all this with a Rpi 4 with raspbian OS installed, instead of using Ubuntu on a virtual machine as they are both linux based OS?

[@relaxingasmrnoise]

I just realized this tutorial is 9 years old ~ I'm downloading the iso for Ubuntu 22 : )

[@NinaB830]

What's up man.! I installed ubuntu as my primary OS when I replaced my damaged HDD for an SSD on my laptop but I don't think I selected the other 2 options you recommend @8:30. Is there a way to check or change these options after already having used it for a while? Thanks

[@tutoriaLinux]

I *don't* think there's a way to turn on drive encryption after you've installed your system, but I could be wrong about this.

[@TD-yj2tw]

I like how in the search history in the top-right is "Mushroom stew Minecraft". 🍄

[@tutoriaLinux]

Sysadmins gotta eat too!

[@pegafaca1]

It's ok follow thi in a VM in other distro Linux? I want go deep, but, like you said in the first video I dont wanna mess my installation

[@malluk4127]

pedro gabriel did you try Ubuntu from Windows store?

[@dsulvadarius]

which is your fav distro and why?

[@yuvrajpatel3592]

What are your thoughts on using wsl for this course? I started out using Virtualbox but switched to wsl as the whole course was mainly done on the terminal and wsl is faster to load as well.

[@Alvy.07]

What'd you select at 6:57? "Try Ubuntu" or "Install Ubuntu" ???

[@tutoriaLinux]

"Install" to actually write the OS to the disk (well, technically, the virtual hard drive file that it thinks is your entire disk). "Try Ubuntu" just loads the OS into RAM and boots without writing anything to disk, so you can try out Ubuntu in a risk-free way.

[@tima9649]

I tried this with the newest Ubuntu Version, and the VirtualMachine couldn't start. It says that it couldn't create a session :(

[@christianskylark]

im having the same problem

[@tima9649]

@@christianskylark U need to search for the error-type, I managed to get it started

[@christianskylark]

@@tima9649 thank you so much you're a life saver

[@tima9649]

@@christianskylark

[@michaelmcgill8104]

i followed everything exactly and my window is tiny and i can't even resize it. What can I do?

[@briansellstampabay2341]

Hi Dave. First and foremost thank you so much for putting together such a comprehensive tutorial package. If this was out 7 or 8 years ago it could have changed my career lol. I'm an MIS major and had a career in software dev for nearly 10 years. I'm thinking about jumping back in and was using this as a refresher and it has been great so far. In regards to creating my Ubuntu VM I'm only able to select 32-bit OS's for the VM. After doing some research I'm finding pre-Windows 8/10 versions do not support the virtualization features necessary for the 64-bit VMs. Kind of sucks, but figured I would ask your expertise before just saying screw it and going lame 32-bit! Thanks!

[@PunmasterSTP]

Hey I know it's been a few years, but how'd the rest of your MIS studies go?

[@suaibislam2923]

Is this course still worth to follow in 2020? Is there any change in command in updated distro?

[@Bigblackninja5]

Need to know this also?

[@fearlessrikard4755]

I also thank you for this videos, but I will be the one who will ask if you have found the recipe for the mushroom stew in minecraft? :D

[@tutoriaLinux]

It’s a sad story. Years after making this video, I am still in search of the fabled mushroom stew. One day, if The minecraft gods deem me worthy, I will discover the recipe and enjoy the sweet broth of success. May that day be ever close.

[@Fernandez218]

if you have windows 11 can you just use the virtual machine technology that is already on that OS instead of d/l'ing the sandbox from online? edit: nvm. i have home windows 11 even though it shows virtualization enabled in the task manager.

[@Bigblackninja5]

Guys even though this is a 7 year old video nearly is it still fine too watch like has anything changed since before I go ahead and try and download things?

[@100Jim]

Im on steam deck desktop mode as a PC, so Im using that. Is this ok? Ill also install it on my PC inside of a VM

[@portersmith1876]

Why did you choose Ubuntu over Debian"The Grandaddy Linux" distribution? I can understand aiming this tutorial at beginning to intermediate users.

[@tutoriaLinux]

Yep, Ubuntu was the most popular beginner distro when I filmed this (probably still is, if you count Ubuntu derivatives). I wanted to meet people where they are. btw i use arch xD xD xD

[@chuckitaway466]

I installed centos in virtualbox but yum does not work repo list shows 95 per cent of them disabled. I can't install appache or wget... Update: was not online lols Make a Bridged Adapter for internet access.. You can also fix mouse problems - I selected USB tablet to solve mouse capture problems in virtualbox

[@Fernandez218]

man the images in the video are so different from downloading ubuntu and virtualbox. i'm not sure what if im messing my system up or what

[@stephanieezat-panah7750]

12/25/2022 (Christmas day) I performed the download and tried to launch. I encountered: End kernel panic not syncing attempted to kill idle ubuntu server on virtual box. after trying and trying, I found online to increase the CPUs from 1 to 2. I was unable to change my VM, so I closed the virtual machine and created a new one, with 3 CPUs. I think that we are fine.....

[@ricardorojasoliva629]

Hello Dave. I am a Linux newbie. I set an old pc with a motherboard that my ex-boss gave me. I have installed the Ubuntu. Your videos are awesome. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I wonder if I can install another Linux distro in my pc in an external hdd. Which Linux Distro would be a good one to play with? Thanks in advance.

[@tutoriaLinux]

That's awesome! I wouldn't worry about trying more than one distro at the beginning -- Linux is the same underneath and I'd focus on really learning that before worrying about the window dressings on top of it. Get comfortable working with Linux in a shell and by the time you're there, you'll know what the next interest is. I know I accidentally wasted a year distro-hopping when I was younger, when I could have just been doing cool stuff on Linux. Cheers!

[@SajanV]

@@tutoriaLinux excellent advise. I have wasted a lot of time trying distros too, rather than going deep!

[@vijayshankar6575]

i'm having ubuntu 18.04 as my primary OS, do i need to install virtual machine. or can i use my terminal for my operations.

[@porkcircus]

I've tried using VirtualBox on a couple of different Windows 10 hosts and found that it crashed as soon as I connected it to the ISO file with a BSOD...I ended up using VMware Player instead and it works just dandy. I hope that helps anyone who's still having trouble getting a Linux VM up and running.

[@skinwalker69420]

If you can, try using something called Hyper-V if you have trouble with anything again. Hyper-V basically allows bare hardware access to a VM, as that was how it was designed.

[@el_grace]

did you ever make your mushroom stew?

[@summersea_6777]

May I know if I can follow this course while using RHEL distro instead of Ubuntu?

[@tutoriaLinux]

You can! All of the basics are the same (basic commands, filesystem operations, users and groups, permissions, basic networking stuff). Package manager and some service management commands will be different, but by the time we get to those you'll know enough to google up some solutions for the slight differences.

[@josemunoz8264]

I tried to make a VM on Virtualbox but it didn't have a 64 bit option. mostly 32 bit. Did I do anything wrong?

[@BlackSmokeDMax]

Hi, first of all thanks a lot for making this series! While installing VirtualBox I got a message about my network being temporarily unavailable due to some drivers that must have been installing. I agreed to it and nothing seems to have gone wrong, but I have a couple questions about that. 1. Did I install something wrong, or install a more feature intensive version than I needed? 2. Will this have any repercussions with windows? 3. If I end up removing virtualbox, will the uninstall remove this, or do I need to worry about doing something further as far as removal of everything installed? Thanks for any help!

[@tutoriaLinux]

Nothing to worry about! Virtualbox installs some drivers that are used for virtual machine networking, so your Windows machine temporarily goes offline (usually just for a few seconds) while this is done. These drivers are automatically removed when you uninstall Virtualbox. I believe when you update Virtualbox to the newest version, you'll have to go through the same process again, but that's the only additional annoyance you'll face. No worries, you did everything right! Have fun with Linux!

[@BlackSmokeDMax]

Thanks for the quick reply. Always nice to receive confirmation on things like that. Got everything all up and running, I do have an older version of Ubuntu dual booted along with Win10 (which I am thinking about deleting!) on another computer. But I did all of that by looking up things on the internet and copying them, I'm really looking forward to the actual reasoning behind some of the things I have done. Now with this virtual machine on my main home desktop I hope to be a little more active with messing around with it. Really looking forward to the next videos!

[@tutoriaLinux]

Awesome. I remember having a dual-boot setup back in the day -- when I started using the Linux partition as my daily driver, *that's* when it all started coming together for me. I simply started plowing through problems and using the Net to find answers (websites, IRC, etc.), like you just described. Dive in and have fun!

[@mkhadka123]

Just stumbled across your awesome channel, and yes I am gonna be around for a while :-)

[@tyorebaugh]

If I am wanting to install linux as a primary operating system on an old laptop, do you have a tutorial for that as well? Or a recommendation of a good walk-through for that sort of thing?

[@Ulghart]

I'm trying to go both ways at the same time, using ubuntu and CentOs. Would you recommend to download and install VBox fro redhat, or instead trying to setup the KVM module? I've read that KVM works better (is the native tool) in redhat based distributions than VBox. Thanks !

[@DarkXagami]

Question. I'm sure you can, but instead of downloading a virtual machine, can we just do a free Amazon Web Service EC2 instance?

[@tutoriaLinux]

Yep, you can absolutely do that. You’ll have to learn a bit about navigating the aws interface, but once you’ve connected to your ec2 instance it’s just the same as a local VM (except more expensive). Digitalocean, linode, hetzner, or ovh are also good for cloud vms.

[@toliskoutovas7267]

I want to learn how to use the fedora linux, is this guide gonna help me? Are there differences between fedora/ubuntu that are making this video useless to me?

[@Thataint_it]

i have a mac m1 chip and i cant download virtual box :( help please

[@tutoriaLinux]

Ughhhh yeah it's not your fault, vbox sucks now. You want something called "UTM" which is a hypervisor that runs on apple silicon. I think it's at mac.getutm.app

[@Wendigo004]

Hey, Dave, I'm just curious what is your favorite Linux Distribution if not the ever popular Ubuntu?

[@tutoriaLinux]

I use Arch for my personal dev machine, and still love it.

[@Wendigo004]

Thanks, I'm going to check it out. Great videos by the way; very helpful.

[@0bscura]

Embiggen is not a word? I use it all the time.

[@gravelman5789]

Embiggens is a perfectly Cromulent word.....

[@freemanaccount5146]

Ah crap, I was going to say that...

[@cesaramaro9335]

what do you think is best to use instead of ubuntu? i only have used ubuntu but ive seen many ppl use centos too

[@Meowfy]

Would a USB with Linux Mint be suitable for this course, rather than using Virtual Box?

[@tutoriaLinux]

Sure! Any Debian-based distro will work seamlessly with the course. Other distributions can be made to work as well, if you don't mind small syntax/config-file-location changes and a bit of googling. I actually recommend turning whichever Linux distro you choose into your *main* Operating system (this means installing it alongside Windows, for most people). In terms of improving your learning speed, switching to using Linux as your everyday OS is like attaching a rocket booster to a bicycle.

[@Meowfy]

Awesome! Thank you. I'm going through the playlist right now and it's refreshing my memory on all the basics I used to know. As for dual-booting, I'd love to but with all of my horrific past experiences of losing the MBR and all of my data, I'm scared to :( I'm not very good with partitions and all that. The only thing that holds me back from going 100% into Linux is my addiction for WoW, among many other Windows only games, lol. I am thinking about giving it another shot though, after I learn how to be more careful and stuff. P.S. Your videos are hilarious, your dry sense of humor cracks me up every time. Subbed :D

[@durrhurr55]

meowfy same for me with dual booting . For learning server side programming in 2018 this is very helpful

[@sayw0rdz]

Thank you so much for these tutorials. I have Mint dual booted with windows. Would that linux distro be okay to follow along with your tutorial?

[@tutoriaLinux]

Yes, absolutely! Mint is a modified version of Ubuntu, so everything will work as expected if you follow along with the course. Have fun!

[@hashtaglivinglife]

Getting this error whie installing- Unable to allocate and lock memory. The virtual machine will be paused. Please close applications to free up memory or close the VM. Error ID: HostMemoryLow Severity: Non-Fatal Error why is this so?

[@tutoriaLinux]

+nidhi rastogi Basically, the machine you're on, which is trying to run your virtual machine (VM), is running out of memory (RAM). Running applications use memory, so following the error message's advice (closing a few applications) will usually free up the memory which your VM requires. Web browsers are usually the most memory-hungry applications you're running.

[@cuyahogaaquatics893]

Great video, out of curiosity you mentioned unbuntu isnt your favorite distribution of linux, which is your favorite? Thanks

[@tutoriaLinux]

I use Arch as a daily driver. "Which Distro To Use" is a much larger discussion in a business, and I tend to see a lot of Centos, Ubuntu & Debian, or Alpine (in containers) in production. If I was starting another company tomorrow, I'd probably reach for Debian or FreeBSD for my 'server' OS though. If I wanted to try/learn something new I'd look at Nix. Hope that helps!

[@cuyahogaaquatics893]

@@tutoriaLinux thanks for the reply, this is a personal learning project for the moment and may integrate into my business in the future after I'm comfortable managing it. Is there much difference between learning on unbuntu vs learning on arch?

[@leguile3453]

If we are taking this course now, 6 years later of its original release date, what commands should we review to stay updated? Where could we find that info? thanks!!

[@tutoriaLinux]

Everything is the same except most Linux distributions now use systemd as their init (and much more) system. That means 'service foo restart' is now 'systemctl restart foo', and many logs have been moved from /var/log/service.log to the journal (journalctl -u service). I also use netstat occasionally in the early videos, which has (mostly) been replaced by 'ss' but you'll still find it installed on a lot of production systems and probably will until the current generation of sysadmins retires :-D.

[@colinsavacool1935]

When installing the virtual hard drive part of the virtual machine, does the recommended 8GB of storage eat away at the RAM of my computer. If my mac only has 8GB of storage will this eventually take up all of that storage?

[@tutoriaLinux]

Those 8GB are for the virtual hard disk, so they'll take up room on your computer's hard drive (not memory/RAM). Memory (or RAM) is just the amount of fast, non-permanent storage that your computer can use to juggle applications that are open at the same time. Generally, you can get away with a bit less than 8GB of disk space when installing an Ubuntu virtual machine. If you really want to save space, you can try installing a server version of the OS, which doesn't come with a full desktop environment. However you'll want to be comfortable with a command-line environment before doing this.

[@shahiryarsaleem9438]

I am Gonna use Windows Subsystem for Linux(WSL), hope it works for me(Not gonna use VM).

[@hasemali7799]

i cannot boot, it says "This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU, but only detected an i686 CPU. Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for for CPU", What is that kernel for me i have intell i3 Processor

[@tutoriaLinux]

Try using a 32-bit version of the Linux distribution you're trying to install.

[@tylerterrell6286]

You'll have to change some BIOS settings. Go into your BIOS and somewhere in possibly CPU settings, Security or Overclocking settings you'll see an option concerning virtualization. If it's disabled, turn it to enabled. For me, I run a PC Mate h170a motherboard so I had to turn VT-D on because my Virtualization option was enabled to begin with. Then retry the whole install of the linux machine and change "Ubuntu 32bit" to "Ubuntu 64bit", as it should appear for you now. Then go ahead and run everything else the same way. If you have no idea what any of that means then go try a 32-bit version of Linux.

[@theutubeman1]

Hi, I have installed this on a macbook (2017 version) and I received the error "installation error" when trying to install Virtual Box. It does not give any further details, just says to reach out to support. Any idea whats going on? Thanks!

[@sirtimatbob]

Reach out to the support team of the technology you are not able to use. So the Virtual Box team.

[@saleeshsuresh]

hi, do i need to install a vm. will installing a fresh linux on my old desktop do

[@sebastiangonzales46]

do it inside vm so that when it breaks you can easily go back unlike doing it on your main system, you will break everything without backup

[@tutoriaLinux]

This person has felt the pain of breaking Linux by tinkering too much with it :-D. FWIW, if you don't learn/tinker much with it, Linux is perfectly stable as your main OS directly on the hardware. But if you want to mess around, try things, install lots of things, a VM isn't a bad idea as a kind of "training wheels" approach. On the other hand you won't be as motivated to fix it if it breaks :-D. I can see the virtue in both approaches.

[@Fernandez218]

@@tutoriaLinux VM from windows 11 is a good sandbox? you could say? if something bad happens worst case scenario you delete the VM, is my understanding. I consider myself a beginner. I have some electrical engineering knowledge and beginner computer knowledge.

[@christophernuzzi2780]

Do I need to do this to "take the course" if I already have Linux Mint 18.3 installed on my machine?

[@PeterKirwan]

Anyone have any thoughts on Hyper-V vs VMWare vs Virtual Box. I have windows pro so have Hyper-V bundled. Seems better because allows me to take snapshots of the virtual boxes which the free version of VMWare doesn't easily allow i think. I haven't tried Virtual Box.

[@chillnacho]

I have Manjaro on my system. Can I learn with that?

[@tutoriaLinux]

You can definitely learn with Manjaro, but you'll just have to change the 'apt' package commands in this course to 'pacman' commands. Should take you about 5 minutes to google the difference, then you're good. All of the underlying Linux stuff is the same across distributions. Cheers and have fun!

[@jt659]

Hey, if I'm already using Mint as my OS, but don't really know how it all works, should I create an Ubuntu VM or just do everything in my own Mint?

[@tutoriaLinux]

Stick with Mint if it's your everyday driver, you'll learn a ton. Since Mint is just Ubuntu with a few extras, you can follow along without any issues!

[@jt659]

@@tutoriaLinux Hey, I know this isn't your job but i can't seem to find a fix. I have a Brother HL2300 printer that I'm trying to add to my Mint. I downloaded the drivers from the Brother site and installed them. Everything looks normal under my Printers tab. My laptop sees the printer and all of that. However when I go to print, my printer starts up and I get the notice on my screen that something is printing and then that it is printed but nothing ever actually prints. My printer can do a testpage when I reboot it but not a testpage from the laptop. It's really messing with my emotions since I use it to print PDFs...like How To Install a Printer on Linux. Well thanks for any help or not, and thanks for making this course. JT

[@kilo35jw]

Question: how can I get my ubuntu to run Red Hat? the option isn't in my type drop down.

[@kilo35jw]

Stupid question.....sorry. Not looking before I ask, haha. Love your series!

[@tutoriaLinux]

+Mylar Sills No problem! Don't feel stupid; we all have to start as beginners :-).

[@blubberskeleton]

i am currently using ubuntu 64bit version 14.04 as my primary OS, i downloaded Virtual box and it will only let me use Ubuntu 32bit. is there a way around this?

[@dhh4161]

+texjoe You should be able to run 64-bit in a Virtual Machine, as long as your host (your current operating system) is 64-bit. However, it doesn't really matter in the end. 64-bit is nice. For multiple reasons. But when you run a Virtual Machine on your current operating system, it shares the resources - of course. So you would never use all the power that a 64-bit system would provide anyway.

[@MsAcike]

Can i use Kali Linux 2016.2 for this courses? I have Kali Linux install like my main system.

[@tutoriaLinux]

Sure, Kali is just a modified Ubuntu system, so it's actually exactly what I'm using for these tutorials!

[@MsAcike]

Ty. I have one question. Ctrl dosen't work at all in my Kali Linux 2016.2 Do you know why?

[@jorgenitales4128]

Kali is not meant to run as your main system, it's meant to run as a live usb or inside a virtual machine. It's a special distro for pentesting. You should just get Ubuntu or Debian for your main system, since these are more universal and friendly, and both Ubuntu and Kali are based on Debian anyways, so what you learn on one will work on the others.

[@MsAcike]

Ofc, i use now dual boot ubuntu 16.04 LS and win 8, i know that know. But anyway tanks for help! :D

[@pukka4140]

Hello, What do you think about debian and linux mint? Thank you again and appreciate your time uploading these videos at no cost! Thanks

[@tutoriaLinux]

I used to use Debian a lot for servers. Nice and stable. Now I use a lot of FreeBSD (because it's awesome) and CentOS (at work). Linux Mint is great; I'd recommend it to anyone just starting out with Linux, or for anyone that needs to set up a computer for a family member who is nontechnical.

[@xSmokee27x]

Thanks for the Uplink game :0)

[@tutoriaLinux]

+TheKuhmodoDen I *love* that game :-D.

[@xSmokee27x]

yessss....so freakin awesome

[@nicolaeceausescu6049]

i thought he was trying to hack a bank :)

[@Don_terrenos]

Hello, can I practice everything that you are teaching on CentOS?

[@tutoriaLinux]

Sure! Some of the package management commands, package names, and config paths might be slightly different, but all the important stuff in the course is the same no matter which Distro you're using. Have fun!

[@johannsonsebastian]

what do you think of Fedora? is it ok for users that reach medium level?

[@tutoriaLinux]

Of course! Fedora is great, and it's useful to have familiarity with RedHat systems on your CV. Have fun!

[@NeStOfLoW]

Austria what have Austria that dont have on my country?

[@narainramjieawan6214]

what game was that you were playing? It looks interesting

[@tutoriaLinux]

Uplink! Awesome game.

[@gecko4523]

ubuntu is such a monster these days. Can you please give a tip for a minimal linux server distro for learning? 32bit will do. Thank you

[@dhh4161]

+Gecko You could search for the Ubuntu Minimal image. (About ~40 MB in size.) And just install what you actually want over the internet.) So in other words, this will install the "base" system. And then ask you for what else you might want. (I.e., Desktop Enverionments if wanted, could be KDE, Xfce, LXDE etc.) When it asks you that, you could simply just not install anything - and what you are basically left with, is only the Linux Terminal.

[@PeterKirwan]

try lubuntu :)

[@raulemilianomirandagutierr3313]

Can I make this tutorial with Pop Os?

[@tutoriaLinux]

Yes, PopOS is basically Ubuntu so you can follow along!

[@Najm7777]

he was talking about 14.4 and here i am looking years later at 19.10 yeezz

[@tutoriaLinux]

Yeah, not much has changed in the underlying system. The introduction of systemd is probably the biggest change in those 5 years.

[@GNU_Linux_for_good]

If you have downloaded and installed Ubuntu successfully, there's no need visiting virtualbox.org - synaptic or sudo apt-get install virtualbox will do.

[@creativegravedigger7289]

I already have Ubuntu as my initial OS, is that okay ?

[@tutoriaLinux]

Sure, no problem at all! Just continue to the next video and you'll be on your way!

[@nathanhargreaves7071]

"For God's sake, I mean!... Just- just, no." -- Dave 2014. I love it.

[@kalils4004]

Much appreciated sir

[@sergeybykov4248]

thanks for your job!

[@RakeshAshok]

I tried this however I'm not able to access internet on my terminal.

[@ClipsbyIpe]

Holy cow it's from 10 years ago but I'm already commited

[@tutoriaLinux]

Hah, amazing to see that these videos are still a reliable onramp for Linux. Have fun on the journey and enjoy!

[@rajatbansal5137]

is it ok to follow in 2023