Description

Linux Mint is a GNU/Linux-based operating system that comes from Ubuntu although now is independent and it has been adopted so quickly by the community, even more than Ubuntu. In this article we are going to perform a Linux Mint 14 codename Nadia installation on a virtual machine using VirtualBox VM.

Linux Mint GNU/Linux Download

This distro can be downloaded from linuxmint.com here. For our test installation we selected MATE 64 bit distribution.

VirtualBox VM Configuration

Select New machine on VirtualBox manager and provide a Name for your VM. Choose:

• Type: Linux
• Version: Ubuntu (64 bit)

And click on Next

The recommended memory size is 512MB, we are going to select at least 1024MB to run well:

Keep defaults "Create a virtual hard drive now" and click on Create button

Select VDI and click on Next

Select Dinamically Allocated and click on Next

Modify to reach at least 10GB

Now we have our Linux Mint 14 machine ready for install, only we need to mount the distribution media DVD on the virtual DVD. Select your VM and click on Settings, go to Storage on left pane, select the DVD and find in your disk the media file. Click OK button

Installing Linux Mint 14 on VirtualBox VM

The installation process as we can see bellow is very easy and straight forward. Very parameters and configuration are automatically detected by the wizard.

First screen is the live cd start up desktop, double click on DVD icon "Install Linux Mint" and select install

Modify the language selection if required

This is the pre-requirements screen, check that your system fit to them

Select "Erase Disk and Install Linux Mint" to use all the disk for this installation

Select your drive and click on Install Now

The installation is in course, but wizard continue with the configuration in parallel (quite cool), select your location if not detected

Select your keyboard layout (again for me is detected automatically)

Provide data for the user, hostname and password, select your start option (with or without password)

And wait while the installation is performed

The installation is finished, click on Restart Now

First Startup

Login screen: provide your user and password

The desktop with the welcome message

And the installation is finished, enjoy this great GNU/Linux distro