In this video, we start to get our hands wet by installing Ubuntu, a popular distribution of Linux, as our free and open source operating system. In order to avoid manipulating your system’s configuration and keep it untouched, we do this inside a virtual machine, and then, we begin to build up our scientific computing environment on top of that.
Commands and Materials:
In order to follow the videos more efficiently and reproduce the workflows, you may need the list of commands we have executed in each video. You can find the lists here: http://tuxriders.com/videos/setup/
Topics covered:
🎯 Creating a virtual machine using Oracle VirtualBox
🎯 Booting the Ubuntu virtual image
🎯 Installing Ubuntu in the virtual machine
🎯 Configuring the virtual machine for better host-guest OSes interactions
Lecturer: Mojtaba Barzegari https://mbarzegary.github.io/
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