PMA 130: Ubuntu 18 Desktop VM (10 pts)
What you need
- A computer that can run local virtual machines, using VMware, VirtualBox, or some other hypervisor.
Purpose
To create a local virtual machine running
Ubuntu 18 desktop, which is useful for
locally compiling UPX and for other tasks.
Downloading Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop
In a browser, go to
https://ubuntu.com
At the top, click Download.
On the next page, click
"Ubuntu Desktop".
On the next page, on the right
side, in small type, click
"alternative downloads".
On the next page, in the BitTorrent
section, click
"Ubuntu 18.04.5 Desktop (64-bit)".
Download the ubuntu-18.04.5-desktop-amd64.iso
file.
Make a Virtual Machine
The exact steps vary depending on your
software. Here are the steps for
VMware Fusion on a Mac:
- Launch VMware Fusion
- From the menu bar, click File, New
- Click "Install from disc or image" and click Continue
- Click "Use another disc or image".
- Browse to the ubuntu-18.04.5-desktop-amd64.iso
file and double-click it.
- Click Continue
- Follow the on-screen prompts to create your virtual machine.
PMA 130.1: Codename (10 pts)
In your Ubuntu machine, open a Terminal
and execute this command:
lsb_release -a
Find the word
covered by a green box in the image below.
That's the flag.
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Posted 9-17-2020