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Virtual Machines

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Hello.

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What IS A VIRTUAL MACHINE????

So what are they?

Imagine the following....

And yes, before you ask. It's possible to run nested VMs.

Its like making your computer pretend its gone a second, smaller computer inside it

And for those of us that use the wrong OS, you can always run Windows VMs if you want to use anything with >3 users

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Imagine the following:

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So, how do you stop small asian gymnasts from rooting around in your PC where it shouldn't be?

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Virtual Machines! It's like nailing this box shut!

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(Ignore the implications of that)

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So when you do this....

You can just kill that sandbox, and spin up a new one!

For today, we'll be using VirtualBox

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Ignore the somewhat-ancient looking layout

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Download the installer for your OS, get it, run it, you know the drill.

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Run the program, you'll get this screen

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For today, we'll try out some new OSes. Go here for TempleOS, or here for UwUntu. We'll start out with TempleOS, because its lighter and quicker to download.

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Download the .iso files, and put them in a folder that you can easily access.

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Next, go back to the VirtualBox application

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Try not to allocate your entire memory. That's generally considered a bad idea.

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Hit 'Finish'

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And now, you've got the following!:

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Hit "Start", let your machine power up....

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And from here, explore the OS! And if your PC is on fire, you've done something wrong. Most of the time, at least.

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