What size virtual hard disk is needed to install Linux in VirtualBox?

Question

linux

The Linux installation image is 1.5 - 2 GB in size. However, once installed on a physical hard drive, Linux takes up about 10 GB. Plus a few more gigabytes for swap. Total about 15 GB. The section for user data is not taken into account.
And if you install Linux on VirtualBox, do you also need to allocate 15 GB for a virtual disk?

Answer 1

Linux install on VirtualBox

Make a dynamic disk. Its physical size increases on demand. Logical - 128 GB or more if you install a lot of programs.

Answer 2

obviously yes.

Answer 3

Looking what Linux.
Like ubuntu 14xx server (without GUI) fit into 8 GB. This could be taken away.
Read the requirements for your distribution, this can be found in your distribution's system requirements.

Answer 4

If there is no special need, create a larger dynamic disk. For example, 50 Gb.
A dynamic disk will take up only the actual amount of space on your physical disk.

Answer 5

Now, in my opinion, everyone has such screws that the extra plus or minus 100G does not play the piano at all. Put a disk that occupies only the real occupied space, and you can set any size for it.

Answer 6

I have lubuntu 18.04.1 LTS, on a 120GB dynamic disk it takes about 12%. But this is only the system and programs, information in shared folders