quick linux gui vm environment, ubuntu 16 or 18

Vagrantfile

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# All Vagrant configuration is done below. The "2" in Vagrant.configure
# configures the configuration version (we support older styles for
# backwards compatibility). Please don't change it unless you know what
# you're doing.
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  # For reference, please see the online documentation at
  # https://docs.vagrantup.com.

  # search at https://vagrantcloud.com/search.
  config.vm.box = "kelly219design/ubuntu-18.04-gui-desktop-base"
  # for xenial:
  #config.vm.box = "kelly219design/ubuntu-xenial-16.04-gui-desktop-base"

  # Need bigger disk like so. Otherwise installing desktop is a strain.
  config.disksize.size = "30GB" # vagrant plugin install vagrant-disksize

  config.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vb|
    vb.gui = true
    vb.memory = 8*1024
    vb.cpus = "4"

    vb.customize [
      # https://superuser.com/questions/1354068/how-can-i-relocate-or-disable-the-virtualbox-logfile-when-starting-a-vm-from-vag
      "modifyvm", :id, "--uartmode1", "file",
      File.join(Dir.pwd, "ubuntu-gui-console.log")
    ]

    # better to just do these things using the virtualbox gui
    #vb.customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--clipboard', 'bidirectional']
  end

  ## Add this back if you have a playbook you wish to run:
  #config.vm.provision :ansible do |ansible|
  #  ansible.playbook = "playbook.yml"
  #  ansible.extra_vars = { ansible_python_interpreter:"/usr/bin/python3" }
  #  ansible.verbose = "vvv"
  #end

end