What I wanted is to run Windows in a Virtual Machine on my Linux box. Can I do that? Not without paying Microsoft $150. You can get their trial to run for 90 days, but it sucks having it expire and shut off after a few mins.
Windows isn't free software. You can't expect to run it for free just because it's in a VM. Honestly being able to run it for 90 days for free (after which all you have to do is go back to an earlier snapshot) seems pretty good to me.
Or you can purchase one of those cheap Win8/Win10 Pads for less than 100$ and connect them via vnc to your Linux box. Works pretty well for me with an 8" Dell Venue.
