You're welcome to choose your preferred virtualization software to get a working Ubuntu system in a virtual machine, and there are a few options to choose from.
Microsoft Windows 10 includes Hyper-V as a feature. It just needs to be enabled in the Programs and Features menu.
The VMWare Workstation Player can also be a good option. Free to use downloads can be found at https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads. For macOS, VMWare Fusion should be used instead.
Virtualbox is free software and is available for a wide range of platforms, and so can be a good choice. It can be downloaded from https://www.virtualbox.org.
When writing this chapter, we used Windows 10 and Virtualbox 5.1. Since VirtualBox is free software and ...