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How to install and run Microsoft Windows for free on Linux

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Jul 29, 2013

There are many circumstances where you wish to run Windows applications on Linux. A reliable approach to running native Windows applications on Linux platform is to use a Windows virtual machine (VM). Microsoft offers free Windows VMs to support development and testing for different versions of Internet Explorer. This tutorial describes how to install and run Microsoft Windows on Linux, by using free Windows VMs.

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