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Protect Windows 10 From Internet Explorer. Mozilla Fights Double Standard. Connect to a Hidden Wi-Fi Network. Change the Size of the Touch Keyboard. Check Bluetooth Device Battery Life. Reader Favorites Take Screenshot on Windows. Next, you need to download the ISO file of the Linux distribution.
You can get this image from the official website of the Linux distribution you are trying to use. Download Ubuntu Linux. You are now set to install Linux in VirtualBox.
You can use more RAM if your system has enough extra. Create a virtual disk. This serves as the hard disk of the virtual Linux system. It is where the virtual system will store its files. The recommended size is 10 GB. However, I suggest giving it more space if possible. You should be presented with the option to install it. Things from here are Ubuntu-specific.
You are using the virtual disk space of GB that we created in previous steps. Try to choose a password that you can remember. You can also reset the password in Ubuntu if you forget it. From now on, just click on the installed Linux virtual machine. The installation is a one time only process. You can even delete the Linux ISO that you downloaded earlier. I strongly recommend using VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu for it provides better compatibility and you would be able to use copy-paste and drag-drop between Linux and Windows.
It recognized and configured every last bit of hardware on every last one of them. Not once did I have to do anything at all to find, install or configure drivers or other software for anything on any of them.
The basic applications are installed and ready to use as well. Firefox for web browsing. LibreOffice for common office applications. Multimedia players for music and video. Photo management and editing. Graphic editing. All available in the desktop menus, just a mouse click away - no command line necessary. Of course there are thousands of other applications, packages and utilities available for Linux once you have it installed. They are available for you to browse, select, download and install in the software manager of whatever distribution you choose.
There are different software managers for different distributions and desktops, but all of the popular distributions now have a GUI software manager utility, so there is certainly no need for command line access or compiling, or configuring, or whatever there either. The moral of the story here is don't believe the garbage that is being spewed by self-declared "experts" about how difficult it is to install, configure, manage or use Linux.
For average, every-day users who want to do routine things with their computers, it's not difficult at all, as you can see above. When they come around with their wild, unsubstantiated claims about how difficult and dangerous Linux is, and how it requires complicated console commands, compiling drivers and applications and other such garbage, just ask for proof of those claims.
Clear, concrete and current examples where that sort of thing was necessary. Then wait and see what the response is. For this post I have installed Manjaro Linux, because there is a nice new release available that I wanted to talk about. If you're interested in Linux, don't be afraid. Try it. I hope that you can see from the example installation above, it's not difficult, the Live system gives you the opportunity to see what it is going to look like and find out if it works properly with your computer before you install it, and the whole process will probably take less than an hour of your time.
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