If you need Ubuntu 21.10, there's no need to go off and fire up a virtual machine; you can quite easily install it on Windows 10 or 11. You just have to know where to look.

In this guide, we'll show you the steps to successfully install Ubuntu, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, and openSUSE Leap 42 on your Windows 10 machine without errors.

How-To Installing Ubuntu on Windows 10 -- on vSphere A step-by-step guide to running Linux in a Windows 10 virtual machine. By Tom Fenton 01/12/2017 ...

The newest Windows 10 Fast Ring release, 14316, includes Ubuntu and Bash. It may not have a Linux foundation, but this is close as a Windows PC has ever come to also being a Linux computer.

Partnering with one of the leading Linux developers, Canonical, it developed the WSL to enable you to effectively install the core of the Ubuntu Linux OS inside of Windows.

If you want to run the Ubuntu Linux desktop in Windows 10 for work, I recommend you do it via a virtual machine (VM) program such as Oracle's VirtualBox.

How you install a program from an ISO image will vary depending on which version of Windows you use. Here’s how to install it in Windows 10 and 11.