[Solved] Compete Newbie Updating Question

[Sanford]

Hi I am completely new to virtual machines and have a very simple question that I did not see an answer for elsewhere. If I install, say, ubuntu in a virtual machine, is it possible to update that guest operating system in the way I would update ubuntu when it is not in a virtual machine? The reason I ask is this. The newest ubuntu does not work well with one of my computers but I hope updates will make it work. (That is a common pattern with Ubuntu.) I was thinking that if I ran it in a virtual machine, and if it could be continuously updated, sooner or later it would start working correctly and I could install it to the hard drive. Thanks for any help. Sanford

[TerryE]

As long as your VM has network connectivity (bridged or NAT) then updating the guest OS will work fine.