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-====== Install a Virtual Linux Machine in VirtualBox ======
-(Version 2020-04-06)
-** Why are we doing it? **
-The computers of the students with their operating systems (OS) are usually very heterogeneous. Some students use Windows with different versions, licenses and language options, others use Mac and a few Linux. Throughout the last semesters we spent a considerable amount of time fixing annoying problems related to different software installations.
-As a consequence for this semester (SS2020) we will try for the first time to use virtual machines running on your operating systems. **The advantage is that all students will be using the same (virtual) operating system with the same software packages and the same configuration!** This makes support much easier.
-** What is a Virtual Machine? **
-To put it very simply: A Virtual machine (VM) is a virtual 'computer' running in a window of the host computer. Example: Ubuntu Linux VM running on a Windows 10 host operating system, Debian Linux VM running on Mac OS, etc.
-** Which VM are we using? **
-We will set up a Linux VM with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It is a wide spread open source OS, very stable, clearly manageable, well supported and extremely transparent.
-** What is needed? **
-On your computers you have to install VirtualBox from Oracle for your particular operating system. VirtualBox is available for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. Yes, you can run a virtual Linux machine even on a Linux machine. You should do it to acquire the same state of software installation in the VM!