In response to many comments below, note that I have already made many videos about running Windows in Linux. :) Most notably: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWmD8obq4eQ This is what I do myself most days. But in this video I wanted to focus on helping those who want to test out Linux before a potential migration from Windows.
@stewartkline3943 Says:
Excellent--I followed your steps to the letter and all worked perfectly. Thank you!
@WallaceHeller Says:
Greetings. I'm not clear where "Guest Editions" is coming from. Is that from VirtualBox or Mint? How does one acquire the file that is loaded? Did you get it separately ahead of time so that it was available or does VB or Mint know where to acquire it? Thank you.
@GunTech Says:
Nice video. I think it's fair to ask a shipping address for software, especially if they also sell physical install media. This is the same information that you share when you buy another product online. If it's sensitive information, then it will be very difficult to buy products online.
@williamBryan-k2e Says:
way cool on doing a review of virtualbox. I have been running VB on Linux for a very long time ( maybe 15 years ). It is the easy way to run a virtual machine. But cool that you are showing others. I run Kubuntu - and I just run VB with the apt comment ( std installer ). the only issue i had was VB 6.x on Kubuntu 22 - after an update - the VM's stopped running. I loaded VB 7 from Oracle and then they are running again.
@George196207 Says:
Linux would take over in short order if they had built in support to play older games .
@MK-yeah Says:
I don't know if this is a daft question. I am considering moving to Linux, I don't yet know which distro (trying to get familiar with the terminology 😉). One of my concerns is Windows apps for which there is no Linux equivalent. The question, finally. Is it it possible to run Windows 10 in a VM in Linux?
@holyhelga Says:
Microsoft also has hyper v that you can run Linux in
@holyhelga Says:
Or f12 that it is on acer laptops
@neowwent Says:
Since you used the command line, you might as well install virtual box using winget which would install it with its needed dependencies. Winget comes installed with windows 11 and would auto install on 10 if all updates were installed.
@johntipeti4597 Says:
do u have an nvidia graphics card a tutorial on that would be great in vm
@alfredotango1646 Says:
Linux Mint is a great distribution, but I've experienced some issues with the last release. The previous versions, 21 and even 20, suited quite well on my HP 15-da2227nia.
@armandopintominguadojunior9770 Says:
I followed your steps and completed the process without any problem. tks
@Bandicoot803 Says:
Suggestion: Take a look at Proxmox VE. It's based on Debian and you can create and run a whole bunch of virtual machines inside the host machine. I've been using it since pandemic era and it works like a charn.
@billyweb8846 Says:
I really fancied a cup of tea and a choccy bar watching this video
@ray73864 Says:
WSL was actually introduced into Windows 10 pretty early in Win10's lifecycle. 2016 to be more precise. While WSL1 was a lot more limited than its more modern WSL2, it was still mostly usable.
Personally I won't use anything else, I'll either use Hyper-V if I want an actual hypervisor, or I'll use WSL2, but then, I have the pro edition so can use Hyper-V.
Alternatively, if you don't want to deal with all the annoying crap that VirtualBox puts you through, QEMU is another option.
@ray73864 Says:
The best and easiest way to get into BIOS these days is to hold down the shift key when clicking on 'restart' which will bring up the blue screen, from there, you can just click on the button for UEFI, Windows will restart the computer and you will be dumped straight into BIOS, no having to mash a particular key at a specific point in time.
@richardz6049 Says:
The installation steps for Virtualbox look somewhat cumbersome. I even find HyperV easier to set up. Maybe I did something wrong back when I was using VirtualBox but I can't remembering going through all these installation steps.
@paulbirch8576 Says:
Love this. Was doing it in China back when I was there. 😂
@obinnaokafor6252 Says:
Just use WSL - Windows subsyetm for Linux.
@berner Says:
That's not it for another video, no no, that's it for a LOVELY video :)
In WSL, can you show us how to install GUI apps?
When you brought the bee video up, we got very excited but then you had to close it which of course we understood why. However even if we didn't, it would be no skin off our nose because not once have you ever used the phrase "So smash that like button" in the history of your channel and we find that to be absolutely splendid :)
@francis400 Says:
I am wondering if like me some linux distros fail to pick up HDMI audio. If so ,like me the may to need to not tick load Nvidia third party drivers on install or uninstall them!
@firsteerr Says:
i did n this when i was exploring linux , it was a good way to decide before putting it on a machine that i now use
@simonbyrd6518 Says:
I just found out with PowerToys installed, you can shift-right-click a folder and get an "Open Linux Shell here" option, saves time over starting a CMD terminal and navigating to the directory and launching WSL, which I use a lot to run Bash scripts in Windows.
@berndeckenfels Says:
I prefer Hyper-V and the manager, built in tools (and all need to use the same Hypervisor anyway if you want to use the windows features which need it like credential guard or wsl2)
@ILLUSTRON-l5v Says:
Which linux disro is better for learning cyber security?
@giannistsolebas6962 Says:
Yet another great linux vid Christopher, KUDOS! I personally came across the firewall Linux distro called OPNSense very recently, and I liked the idea of setting up a pc in order to use it in such a way. Would you kindly make a video in the future, on how to setup OPNSense for a home use?
@rarerubber Says:
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@Pallidus_Rider Says:
Q: What is the preferred brand of tea?
I didn't see it in the description. 😅
@JamesP6084 Says:
Excellent expanation Chris, Thank you
@johnburgess2084 Says:
Very informative -- thank you! I've bookmarked it for future reference.
@clariesat Says:
VirtualBox 7.1 just doesn't let me enable 3D acceleration so things run poorly
@oleg000som Says:
Windows allowed to use several computers by one user. But probably the one of users dream is to have possibility use one computer by several users at same time. It is possible. I had some experiment one time in the past. For this purposes need to use virtual machine software where you can manage how much ram memory give to second user, also separate your keyboards, mouses, displays, CPU cores, audio devices and etc. And it was worked. I tried it on my two CPUs chinese motherboard with ddr3 64gb, also I used two previously used Intel CPUs (buyed it on aliexpress each for 10 dollars). So it was powerful, low burget PC. Of course you need power supply that support feeding two CPUs. But I just used GPU line with changed pins to feed second CPU. Unfortunally I had only one graphical card, so it was not full experiment. Second user had limited graphical perfomance. To fix this you need to have on your motherboard two ports for videocard connection and two videocards. Also there must be full pci lines on that ports. Because some budget motherboards have second port with limited pci lines and perfomance there will lower than videocard in first graphical port. I think if humanity goes this way of user experience using computers - than will possible to buy some one powerful supercomputer for supporting several users at one time. You probably will can install it somewhere in special place in your home with good ventilation and sound bareer. And play games, work, create videocontent or something else in paralel process with other family member using part of resources of this computer. Maybe will even possible dynamicly manage available resources. How to use it at same time in different places of your home - very easy: using powerful home network and some cheap laptops that provide only basic needs: input, output information. In general all we go in a future where will use cheap devices for input-output information and play in fresh games using nVidia services of remote gaming. Nowadays it almost possible - main problem is internet connection delays. But what if each family can install at home only one powerful computer for family and use it resources using 2gb lan ports speed between input-output devices and server/supercomputer (or maybe already exist more high speed connection?). Of course families with low finances probably will prefer to use subscribe model nVidia remote gaming or any another similar service and buy low budget input-output devices. But will still exist people with middle and high salaries. I think if will exist ready solutions for this type of using computers - they will much cheaper than buy two-three high perfomanced personal computers. Under this PCs I mean computers that allow play last games on highest quality. But maybe you have own thoughts about future computers? Also i saw opinion that Linux provides better control of separating resources. So probably basic OS will Linux that will run in virtual machines Windows OS, or any another systems that can solve user needs.
@cbbcbb6803 Says:
This is one of the best, most intelligent, and respectful tutorials I have come across. Thank you.
@phenanrithe Says:
Great explanation, but very Ubuntu-centric. It would've been interesting to see VMWare in comparison but I understand the feeling (tho Canonical isn't better if you're concerned about privacy). I did try VMWare one year ago and thought it was clearly inferior to VirtualBox in flexibility and user-friendliness. It had less features, too.
@plasmaxer Says:
I have a few questions for you if I may? Most answers I can find on the Internet, so only one remains, what tea do you use?
@turbotezable Says:
Seem to be getting a black screen when enabling 3d acceleration setting turn it off all is ok but performance is lowered
@x91w Says:
I swopped to Proxmox a few years ago and haven't looked back.
@alanr9496 Says:
Retired now but I used virtual box back then and loved the snapshot facility. It saved me many a time! I assume it is still available.
@leskaighin8903 Says:
Another great explaining computers video
@oleg000som Says:
Even today Linux cant fully replace Windows system. It still possible because not all Windows programs have analogs on Linux, still not available full support videodrivers and technologies from videocard developers. So it cant be comparable with Windows system if talking about perfomance in new games. But Linux can be very useful in your special needs such as 3d modelling in blender, montaging video, creating webserver, or maybe you not have special needs and Internet serphing and office is enough for you. But my specialty is developing .net Windows applications and I like playing games, so I need Windows. Sometimes, I'm looking video about small computers such as Orange pi. Even had one, unfortunally: Orange pi win plus. It was bad experiance for me, because I thinked at that time that it is good hardware and Windows will support it, so I will have possibility to change OS depends of my needs: one sd card for Windows, another - for Android, third one - for armbian. But Windows never supported it, also was problems with mali support on linuxes for my processor, only Android works some kind of normal. It was dissapointed. So today when I see tests on Linux how much it glitch when you hold some opened folder and shaked it on desktop - I have only one question for myself: why it is exist if even cant work normally without glitches. Of course for special needs as little home server of something - ok. But probably simple old laptop on used market can be used in same way probably better. But probably answer is::it is too simple way to do this, it is boring. Mini computers with gpio have such a potentials to use with some mechanical parts and can be potentially used for smart system of your house. But we need to be honest: with laptop connected to some stm32 discovery board (or any another board for your needs) you can do the same or better
@igors_lv Says:
Don't remember oracle virtual box needing python.
@SiIlyBandit Says:
Hi I love your video and it couldn’t have come out at a better time, I’m seriously considering switching to Linux but I want to try it first. I have a question I’m currently installing Linux on my virtual box and is it normal for the "Downloading language packs" part of the installation to take so long ? (Around 20min)
@g.ausw.8049 Says:
Maybe this is the better way for all the Linux Rookies out there in the Galaxy...trying to leave Darth Windows behind ;)
Take a large USB stick and put Ventoy on it. Then download all the distros you are interested in and put them on the stick. At least take an external hard disk. Next step, try the live versions you have downloaded. If there is a distro that doesn’t have a live version, install it on the external hard disk to test it. After testing all downloaded versions, give them a try in the long run as your daily driver from the USB hard disk. Eventually, you’ll end up with a handful of distros that fit your needs. Choose the one you like the most and use it until you decide it’s time to install it on your local hard disk.
This approach is especially helpful if you’re working on an older computer with limited RAM and a weak CPU. In such systems, running virtual machines isn’t enjoyable, since they share the core computing power with the host system. Plus, the graphics drivers are not fully implemented in VMs, so you can't take full advantage of your graphics card. As a result, weaker systems struggle with VMs, while more powerful systems are underutilized because they can't access the GPU properly.
...Sometimes you need Windows? There’s nothing wrong or significantly slower about booting Linux from a USB hard drive.
Running Linux in Windows only keeps you hooked on the Microsoft needle. (Why boot Linux when the other OS is already running and everything is just one click away?) And learning how to use virtual machines comfortably takes time. PS: Not every distro shows its full potential as a virtual machine... some of them don’t even want to work in a virtual space.
@ВасильМариніч Says:
Я просто ставлю Windows в virtualbox і вже потім ставлю в розділи любу операційну систему...
Дякую, Кріс!
@2dcatgirlirl Says:
cool video!
something worth mentioning is that in virtualbox, you can set the video memory to a maximum of 256MB by clicking the label for video memory on the main window, not the settings window for some reason.
@World_of_OSes Says:
Does it still count as "personal use" if you use it in YouTube videos, and make money from the ad-revenue?
@DariusOutdoors Says:
Honorable mention would be Hyper-V which only ships with Windows Pro versions I believe and can be turned on using Windows Features. I never used anything else on Windows 7/10/11 but I'm blessed with free student licenses ever since I attended university haha. They forgot to turn off my account.
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