Memory is set to 2048 MB and then we create a new virtual hard disk.Ĭlick on Create and the VM is created, but the OS is not installed on its virtual hard disk yet.
Its type is going to be Linux and its version Ubuntu(64-bit). So we open VirtualBox manager, click on New and give our VM a proper name. However, that’s not the minimum requirement and to keep if you are short on memory even 2GB of it will suffice.
The distro recommends 4GB of memory and at least 15GB of storage for the installation. It will set a nice baseline to see the improvements next release will bring forward. With that in mind, let’s install the version 0.4.1, code named Loki, on VirtualBox and explore what potential this distro holds. However, a newer release 5.0 based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is in Beta and is expected to hit the market soon enough. The latest stable release is 0.4.1 based on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS operating system. It’s custom desktop environment called Patheon is very reminiscent of the Mac experience although the underlying technology is not at all the same. If Linux Mint is an operating system for Windows users trying out Linux for the first time, then Elementary OS is for Mac OS users.