In this article, you will learn how to install Nitrux Linux on VirtualBox. Nitrux Linux is one of the Linux distros based on Debian. It ...
In this article, you will learn how to install Nitrux Linux on VirtualBox. Nitrux Linux is one of the Linux distros based on Debian. It uses the most customizable, friendly, and rich desktop environment, KDE Plasma 5. Like most Unix systems, it’s open-source and free to use. It uses AppImage format for application distribution.
Nitrux Linux has many usages from word processing, media editing, gaming, communication, surfing, entertainment, and so on.
Let’s first talk about what Nitrux is. This particular take on the Linux desktop is focused on the portable, universal nature of snap packages and makes use of a unique desktop, called Nomad, which sits atop KDE Plasma 5. It’s minimum requirements are:
2.66 GHz quad-core CPU or better.
4 GB system memory.
256 MB video memory and OpenGL 2.0 support.
4.29 GB of free hard drive space.
On that 4.29GB of free hard drive space, I installed Nitrux as a VirtualBox VM with 10GB of space. Upon installation, I installed the LibreOffice snap package, only to find out I was then out of space. I don’t know about you, but no LibreOffice installation I’ve ever done takes 5GB of space. I say this, only so you’ll be aware, should you opt to text Nitrux via VirtualBox—give that virtual disk about 20GB of space.
Prerequisites for Nitrux Linux
I will demonstrate the installation of Nitrux Linux on VirtualBox using Windows 11 but you can use any OS supported by VirtualBox.
- Nitrux Linux 2.0.1 ISO image
- VirtualBox 6.1
- Windows 7+ with free 8GB storage
- 4GB+ RAM on your host OS
- 128+ VRAM, OpenGL 2.1 Support screen resolution
Download Nitrux OS Image file
Download the latest ISO file from the Nitrux Linux download page.
You can also download the ISO file using wget/curl commands as shown below
wget https://updates.nxos.org/nitrux-release-amd64_2022.02.28.iso
Download VirtualBox from its website and install it by double-clicking on the downloaded file.
Next, install the latest version of Linux Mint’s ISO file from its website.
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