DEV Community

Discussion on: Hello Newbies in Tech! Try This Powerful Tool by Microsoft to use Linux Effortlessly with Windows OS

Collapse
 
mavaddat profile image
Mavaddat Javid

If you have Windows Pro or Enterprise, then you can use the Hyper-V manager to set up your own VM's. There is even a "Quick Create" tool to download and install pre-configured disk images, Canonical Multipass is also a nice solution to any hiccup in installing Linux in Hyper-V.

Collapse
 
erebos-manannan profile image
Erebos Manannán

Yes, I used Hyper-V manager to try and boot up some basic Linux images that boot in literally every other environment, they failed to launch a GUI and froze.

If it says "Canonical" it is basically guaranteed to only support Ubuntu.