Running Linux in Windows: Learn Linux in a Virtual Machine

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Setting up a Linux virtual machine in Windows. Video mainly details how to do this using Oracle’s VirtualBox, but also discusses VMware Workstation Pro, and includes a demo installation of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). If you like this video, you may also find useful these other ExplainingComputers episodes: Running Windows in Linux: VirtualBox Cofiguration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWmD8obq4eQ Windows & Linux: Dual Drive Dual Boot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWVte9WGxGE Linux Mint 22 (includes installation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qZI6i21jB4 Ubuntu 24.04 (includes installation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNK-tmMz618 Zorin OS 17 (includes installation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FryhC19wu8 VIRTUALBOX INSTALLATION: VirtualBox website (note that the layout has changed since the video was recorded!): https://www.virtualbox.org/ Microsoft C++ redistributable package (for if this package is missing): https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-microsoft-visual-c-redistributable-version -- scroll down and download the X64 version Python download (for if this package is missing): https://www.python.org/downloads/ After installing Python, you also need to open the Windows command prompt and run the command: py -m pip install pywin32 VM WORKSTATION PRO: To download, you first need to create a Broadcom account. The starting point provided by Broadcom is this link: https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productdownloads?subfamily=VMware+Fusion More videos on computing and related topics can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers Chapters: 00:00 Titles & Intro 00:42 Hardware Setup 03:48 VirtualBox 08:24 Creating a Virtual Machine 13:56 Tips & Tricks (for VirtualBox) 17:50 VMware 19:32 WSL 22:14 Wrap #Linux #Hypervisor #VirtualMachine #VirtualBox #VMware #WSL #ExplainingComputers