

Once you log in, the display manager will start one application or script, which will in turn start a number of other programs, scripts, and processes. When the system starts, a display manager will run automatically… this is why nowadays you’re greeted with a nice graphical log-in, rather than a plain old command prompt on start-up. It’s useful to understand a little about how the log-in process works in Linux GUI’s. Start-up your new Virtual Machine and configure to taste.Create a Virtual Machine with your favorite OS installed (MTE has covered installing both Windows and Mac OS X previously).

The initial steps you’ll need to take are: We’ll be using VirtualBox for this article, but you should be able to adjust the concept if you’re using another VM application (it will just need to have the ability to start a VM from the command-line).
