Installing Ubuntu in a Virtual Machine on Windows 10 using VirtualBox
Installing Ubuntu on Windows using a virtual machine created in Oracle's VirtualBox. Ubuntu is a widely used Linux distribution for workstations (desktops). Because it's such a popular Linux distribution, the community of users often provides a lot of help, with posts in Ubuntu Linux discussion forums, email lists, tutorials, and documentation available online.
Ubuntu is a distribution based on Debian Linux and is therefore compatible with .deb packages, which greatly facilitates the installation of various applications.
There is also the Ubuntu Server distribution, intended for servers. This facilitates the deployment of servers by people who have some knowledge of the desktop version of Ubuntu.