It is always good to test the linux installation before you install it on your primary/secondary harddisk . To test the linux the best option is to install linux in a virtual machine. Here in this tutorial i am showing how to install Ubuntu (linux variant ) on Virtual box inside Windows. You can install many other linux distributions in the same manner . Step 1: Download and install VirtualBox Go to the website of Oracle VirtualBox and get the latest stable version from here: Download VirtualBox Installing VirtualBox is not rocket science. Just double-click on the downloaded .exe file and follow the instructions on the screen. It is like installing any regular software on Windows. Step 2: Download the Linux ISO Next, you need to download the ISO file of the Linux distribution. You can get this image from the official website of the Linux distribution you are trying to use. I am using Ubuntu in this example, and you can download ISO images for Ubuntu from the link below: Download U