This procedure will install Linux Mint next to your existing Windows system and leave it totally untouched. When I do this, I usually give half my PC's remaining drive space to Mint.

If you want install Oracle Linux on Oracle VirtualBox, you can follow this guide to download the VM tool, ISO file, and create the VM.

If you want to install the Debian Linux distro on VirtualBox in Windows 11/10, follow the instructions mentioned in this tutorial to do the same.

Jack Wallen shows you how an unattended installation of Linux with VirtualBox 7.0 can make your virtual machine deployment even easier.

OK, you've settled on which version of Linux you want to load on your old PC. Here's how to make it happen.

Jack Wallen shows you how to install the latest major release of the VirtualBox virtual machine manager.