Anyone Has Linux VM Image That I Can Use on Windows Laptop?

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  Hybroid on 17/05/2023 - 11:47

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  Linux what? There's a million different distros.

  What software are you using? VMWare? VirtualBox? Native install?

  Ubuntu is probably standard go-to for newcomers.

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  djsweet on 17/05/2023 - 12:00

  +4

  Best bet is to compile archlinux from source, create boot media and then do a native install.

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    CascadeHush on 17/05/2023 - 12:18

    -1

    Noob

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  interlocal on 17/05/2023 - 12:16

  +6

  Just use WSL that comes with Windows maybe? It has Ubuntu and couple of other images

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  pegaxs on 17/05/2023 - 12:17

  +2

  Linux Mint, install to USB stick…

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  CascadeHush on 17/05/2023 - 12:22

  +1

  There are VMware Appliances you can download, or at least there used to be.

  I’d say if you can’t figure out how to download an Linux distro and install it in a VM then it’s probably not something you should mess with.

  I’d recommend VMWare Player over VirtualBox. And probably Ubuntu.

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  Davo1111 on 17/05/2023 - 12:31

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  google virtual box + whatever linux distro you want.

  Ubuntu is pretty mainstram

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  yygg on 17/05/2023 - 12:31

  Thank you everyone for your valuable inputs. I found wsl is the way to go for me here. Will review other options as well in parallel. Thank you folks.

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  ihfree on 17/05/2023 - 14:06

  +1

  This thread sounds like piracy. Please ensure you use Linux Genuine Advantage.

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  xxBARGAINGODxx on 17/05/2023 - 17:22

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  Unless you need a very specific feature you haven't mentioned, this will get you 99% of the functionality of installing Linux with almost no effort: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install

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  wasdw246 on 21/05/2023 - 12:36

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  Almost all windows laptops do Linux.
  Even some macs do Linux too.

  You need to be more specific.
  What is your use case? What is your pc model?

  And what do you mean, “in case you have it?”
  You make it sound like it’s “controlled” or something.