@Haigha
I hope this screenshot - and the others to follow shorty will help.
I am actually creating a Linux machine within a Linux machine but the UX is pretty similar on both Linux and WIndows
The absolute first requirement is a Linux install .iso. There are many choices but for here I think a plain vanilla Ubuntu 18.04 desktop may suit most folk http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso
OR Your could grab an image from osboxes.org
There are a variety of pre-built images there that can get you started immediately.
So download that now while you get on with everything else.
Ubuntu will run in as little as 1024MB. As you can see I have given it 4GB above because I have plenty RAM to spare. You decide but anything over 4GB is overkill.
Create the virtual hard disk
10GB is plenty unless you really want to stress a section on your own computer. For connecting to the Maidsafe hosted shared-section 10GB is more than enough. Just accept the default .vdi option, no need to complicate things.
Dynamically allocated means that VirtualBox (VB) will only allocate the disk space that is actually used - so you are not immediately writing off a whole 10GB. Its a little bit slower this way but IMHO fine for our purposes now
So the next screen you will see should look like this - minus the list of other VMs on the left
Now highlight your SAFE test environment on the lft, go to Setting (top centre) and click Storage, then the wee CD iicon on the right
If you saved your downloaded Ubuntu .iso to /Downloads then it should appear here
Click to select.
Network
Now go to Settings | Network and select BridgedAdapter - note the actual name of your adapter may well be different
Audio (optional)
If you want to listen to sounds on SAFE safe://safe-blues <–TODO check this
then you need to enable audio in your VM
Shared Folders (optional)
You might want to enable this if say you have websites already built on your machine that would like to try PUTing onto the shared-section.
Skip for now if you don’t.
Display
I have usually just accepted the defaults here and it Just Works for anything as straightforward (in VM terms) as testing SAFE
That should be our VM setup complete - Hit start and you will come to this screen
Choose your language and (in English) this is your next choice
Take the second option Install Ubuntu - its a VM if anything goes wrong, we simply delete and try again. That’s the beauty of VMs
After a short wait, we get this
Choose your language, keyboard layout. Then we come to some more installation options. It’s up to you but these are my choices.
Then choose where to install Ubuntu. We are working with a virtual disk, it CANNOT affect your existing operating system(s) or data. So this choice is perfectly safe
Trust me, I’m a random bullshitter on teh intrawebs… No seriously it IS OK.
Click “Install now” and confirm to format the partition ON YOUR VIRTUAL DISK - Do not worry. I know I certainly did the first time I tried this…
Then tell the install who you are. For this case, and this case ONLY, its perfectly OK to click “log on automatically”. You are not going to put anything valuable on this install.
Remember your password though -even if it is weak.
Hit “Continue” and find something interesting to do for 5 mins or so.
You should eventually see this
Restart your virtual machine and you will get this message
Hit next a few times to go through some options - just accept defaults - and then you get this screen
Hit “Install now” and try to remember the password you set 10-15 mins ago.
Once this is complete, you should have an up to date version of Ubuntu 18.04 installed on your virtual hard drive, ready to download the latest safe-browser and safe-cli.