In this Operating System download section, you can find a lot of free Operating Systems alternative to Windows, there’s also a special software called Virtual Machine (emulators) which can be used to run Operating Systems inside other Operating Systems.
Virtual Machines/Emulators
A virtual machine (VM) is a software implementation of a machine that executes programs like a physical machine. In other word you can run a logical machine inside a machine. For example if you want to try Linux but not ready yet to install on your machine, you can just install a Virtual Machine and install a linux distribution on that Virtual Machine. Your linux then run just like any other software inside your main Operating System (i.e Windows).
| VMWare Player | Technically speaking it is Virtual Machine player that runs virtual machines created with VMware Workstation (not Free). Many pre-built freeware virtual machines are available for download here free. |
| VirtualBox | Freeware, open-source virtual Machine for Windows, Linux, and Mac. Support a large number of guest operating systems, in fact most of the operating systems available today are supported. Recommended. |