The installation isn’t quite the same depending on your operating system, so I’ll briefly explain how to do this. QEMU is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. It can run many guest systems and it also can be used with KVM to increase virtual machines speed. QEMU is another great open-source machine emulator and virtualizer, developed by Fabrice Bellard under GPL. Create a virtual machine running RPI OS in QEMU Introduction You can now check out my 27 tips to take a good start on this operating system if you need help configuring it. Your Raspberry Pi Desktop virtual machine running in VirtualBox is finally operational! Update your system and reboot one last time. Once the reboot is done, you will come to a first start wizard like this one:

Continue to reboot your new operating system.

Confirm the bootloader installation to the master boot record.

After a few minutes, the installation wizard will resume.

For partition disks, you can keep the default options (use entire disk > all files in one partition > finish > yes).

A windows shows up to select the start-up disk, click “Start” to confirm.

Now we can start the virtual machine and install the Raspberry Pi Desktop:

Browse to the location of the image and validate.

On the right panel, click on the Disc icon to choose the file.

Below the first controller, click on Empty.

Our new virtual machine is available, but now you have to tell it to start on the previously downloaded iso file:

Hard disk: You can keep the default options (8GB, dynamically allocated).

Memory size: 1Gb is enough, but you can set more depending on your computer memory available.

Launch Oracle VirtualBox now on your computer, and we will create the virtual machine:

Launch the installer and keep the default options.

Download the installer corresponding to your environment.

In any case, the installation is straightforward: You can find download links for Windows, Mac, and Linux on this page.

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