Could it be a tacit admission that you might need a free-of-charge OS for your PC? The Windows 10 upgrade program that began back in 2015 was meant to end a year later. Perhaps the subtext of the article is something more subtle. That leaves only the question of what kind of VM: the built-in one, an add-on VM, or a cloud VM. So the choices boil down to either on the metal, or in a VM. Virtual Machine Platform has been installed. It's right there in the screenshots, where it says: Installing: Virtual Machine Platform It almost feels cruel to criticize it, but it seems that this really amounts to two methods. Microsoft suggests four alternative installation methods: using Windows Subsystem for Linux 2, using a local VM, using a cloud VM, or on bare metal. In the humble opinion of The Reg FOSS Desk, it really isn't bad at all.
The Seattle-area proprietary OS vendor has published a helpful guide entitled ' How to download and install Linux,' inspiring reactions from incredulity to amusement. In other news, Hell freezes over and pigs fly south to their winter feeding grounds. Microsoft has published guidance on how to download and install Linux.
