

Trust me, it will save a lot of efforts later. It will download and update your Ubuntu to latest during installation and install third party software which are needed for daily tasks.

I will suggest to go with Normal Installation and marking both the options in Other Options. In next screen, you would be asked some preferences. Select Keyboard layout in the next screen. Since our purpose is to install Ubuntu 20.04 in VirtualBox and there is no way it can screw your base machine, click on the second option to continue.

Read : How to install Bodhi Linux Install Ubuntu 20.04 in VirtualBox You have two options, either to Try Ubuntu without installing or to Install Ubuntu. Once done and started, it will take couple of minutes to boot into Welcome screen of Ubuntu 20.04. Click on folder icon and select the ISO you have downloaded. You will get the option to select start up disk. Start the Virtual Machine you just created. You will need the downloaded 20.04 ISO to install Ubuntu 20.04 in VirtualBox. In the left panel of Home Screen, you can now see the Ubuntu 20.04 option. 🙂Ĭlick on New to get the option of creating a Virtual Machine.Ĭlick on Create to complete the set up.

If you already run Linux, you don’t need this article I’m sure. Once done, launch it and you will get the home screen.įor the purpose of the tutorial, I am using Windows 10 as a base machine. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Beta How to set up Virtual Boxĭownload a copy of Oracle VM VirtualBox and install it. You can grab a ISO copy from the Ubuntu download section. The OS though would still have lots of bugs. Ubuntu 20.04 Beta images are available to download now.Īs we are very close the official date, most of the new features are already present. Since we still have more than a month for final release, for now, there are daily builds which you can download and install. If you are running a Linux distribution, you can dual boot two Linux distributions too. Lets see how you can install Ubuntu 20.04 in VirtualBox. Till then, you can either create a bootable Linux USB or install it in a VirtualBox. Note : It’s highly recommended you wait for the official launch before running it on your primary system. Ubuntu 20.04 is a LTS release with lots of new features and latest kernel. Canonical release a Long Term Support version every two years which has a support span of 5 years. Ubuntu 20.04 code named Focal Fossa is likely to be released on April 23, 2020. In this article, we will see how to set up a VirtualBox and then install Ubuntu 20.04 in VirtualBox.
