With a virtual machine, you can dabble in all kinds of alternative operating systems, like installing Windows 10 inside Linux. Here's how.

VirtualBox Provided you have a license, the Windows 10 ISO file can be installed onto a virtual machine using the latest version of VirtualBox.

If you want to use Raspberry Pi on a Windows computer, follow the steps mentioned in this post to install Raspberry Pi OS on VirtualBox.

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5. Choose the hard drive for the Windows 10 virtual machine You'll be asked to name your new Windows 10 virtual PC, and find it a home on one of your hard disks.

In this Windows 10 guide, we will walk you through the steps to use Hyper-V to create a virtual machine to test Insider Preview builds of Windows 11.

Configure the SteamOS virtual PC With that, your virtual SteamOS machine is created—you can see it in the column on the left side of VirtualBox.

Want to try Windows 11 risk-free? Use Hyper-V to create a virtual machine where you can test the new operating system without losing access to your "real" PC. I've got step-by-step instructions here.