# 1.2 Power up the machine

Our course machine is a clean installation of 64-bit Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. It is a lightweight version of the original Ubuntu. 

The settings of the VM:

* OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (64-bit)
* CPU: 2
* Memory: 2 GB
* Disk: 25 GB
* GCC: 9.4.0

<figure><img src="https://350474136-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Lp-5TQVku9qP44pY25B%2Fuploads%2F0zCCfaBksIEZeth8taok%2Fimage.png?alt=media&#x26;token=bb384ab4-d32c-455d-9c3c-15c20c641a23" alt=""><figcaption><p>Click the 'csci3150-xxa', where xx should be a specific machine number for you</p></figcaption></figure>

Then you can power your VM by clicking the black screen.