Right-click on the Ubuntu desktop and select “Create Launcher.”.

If you want to create a similar launcher, follow these steps: This way I can start it with just a double-click of the mouse instead of launching the terminal and typing in the command. a shortcut for us Windows folks) on the Ubuntu desktop for the Terminal command to start XAMPP. To get around this, I created a simple launcher (i.e. XAMPP needs to be manually restarted the next time I use the VM, which can be a little tedious after a while. Running VirtualBox takes up a significant amount of RAM, so I like to shut it down when I’m not using it.

Over time I’ve developed a few simple tips that make my workflow a little more efficient, so I wanted to share them with anyone else who read my previous tutorial on setting up a VM as a WordPress development environment.

I do most of my WordPress development using a combination of VirtualBox and Ubuntu. This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series WordPress Development Environment.

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