User:BSitzmann (WMF)/Ubuntu VM

Setup
Some (potentially incomplete) notes from my last VirtualBox setup.

Ubuntu 16 (or whatever LTS is current)

Base memory: 2048 MB

VDI: resizable, 24 GB

Install VBOxGuestAdditions through the menu  >

In the VBox image  >   > , enable.

Add Terminal app to dock. In Terminal preferences I changed the shortcut for Edit>Paste from  to just   since I tend to paste commands into the terminal session.

Control Node version (Ubuntu)
From https://www.abeautifulsite.net/how-to-upgrade-or-downgrade-nodejs-using-npm:

Increase disk space
From https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=50661
 * 1) Increase the size of the drive. Note: has to use absolute path
 * 2) Extend the primary partition to include the new drive space.
 * 3) * Download the GParted Live CD
 * 4) * Boot VM to GParted Live CD
 * 5) * Perform resize of main partition, may have to recreate swap partition.