Task A – Create and Configure your Virtua l Machine

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Task A – Create and Configure your Virtua l Machine

A1. Log in to your PC, open up your browser, then navigate to the following URL:

https://soluslond1iso.stroblindustries.com/Solus-3-Budgie.iso

When prompted, save the ‘Solus-3-Budgie.iso’ file to a suitable location on your hard disk or

your USB stick. Please note that, depending on the speed of your internet connection, this

file may take a while to download as it is approximately 1.15GB in size.

Once the ‘Solus-3-Budgie.iso’ file has been successfully downloaded, you must create a

VMware Workstation 12 virtual machine to run it. Ensure that your new virtual machine is

configured as follows:

(2 marks)

A2. Run your new virtual machine inside VMware Workstation 12. When it has successfully

loaded, double click on the ‘Install OS’ icon on the desktop. An installation wizard will then

appear, ensure that you select the following values for the relevant sections of the wizard:

Language = English (United Kingdom)

Location = Find my location automatically

Keyboard Layout = English (UK)

Timezone = London

Disks = Automatically partition this empty disk and install a fresh copy of

Solus

Disk Configuration = Accept the default value

Hostname = cet103

Install a bootloader = True

Username = Your university login Id e.g cs0mla

Real name = Your real name

Password = Enter a password of your own choosing, then confirm it

(2 marks)

YOU MUST COMPLETE ALL REMAINING SECTIONS OF ‘TASK A’ AND ‘TASK B’

USING YOUR NEWLY CREATED ‘SOLUS’ VIRTUAL MACHINE.

A3. Install the following software:

- Suitable firewall configuration software

(1 mark)

- The 'SimpleScreenRecorder' application

(1 mark)

- The 'Tilda' application

(1 mark)

- 'VMware Tools'

(3 marks)

A4. Change the following settings:

- Set the default desktop theme to ‘dark’

(1 mark)

- In the ‘Power Saving’ section, change the ‘Blank Screen option’ to ‘Never’

(1 mark)

- Set the default system ‘boot time’ to 2 seconds

(3 marks)  

A5. Create a new permanent BASH alias that has the following settings:

alias name = getsysinfo alias command = inxi -Fs

(3 marks) 

A6. Configure the ‘Tilda' application as follows:

- Set the default ‘Position’ option to ‘Centered Horizontally’, then set a default ‘width’

of 80% and a default ‘height’ of 40%

- Select the ‘Use a login shell' and 'Start Tilda hidden' options

- Add Tilda as a new startup process

(3 marks)

A7. Permanently change the format of the BASH prompt so that it also calculates and

displays the current date. Your new BASH prompt must be structured like this:

yourusername@cet103 currentdate ~ $

As an example, the BASH prompt for a user called 'cs0mla', who was logged in on ‘Friday 22nd

September’, would look like this:

cs0mla@cet103 Fri Sep 22 ~ $

(4 marks)

A8. Produce a series of screencasts, which demonstrate how you accomplished each of the

required elements for Task A.

Please note that each individual screencast MUST be sensibly named and MUST not

exceed 3 minutes in length.

(5 marks)

Download Task A1.- A7. Screencast