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).

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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):
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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

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