Comment by ThrowawayR2
8 years ago
> I would've gone the hyper-v route, that comes with Windows 10 pro, doesn't it?
There's 2 huge things missing from the Hyper-V integration client (LIS) when running Linux with a GUI in a VM which makes it a non-starter:
1) There is no cut and paste between Windows and a Linux Hyper-V VM.
2) There is no way to resize a Linux Hyper-V VM window. The most you can do is to set it at boot time and the max size is 1920x1080.
Kind of a pity since Hyper-V itself works very well.
You're absolutely right. Hyper-V has historically focused on server use cases and not on the desktop experience. This has led to all sorts of rough edges on Windows desktop. That said, this is starting to change [1], and I'm optimistic we'll make more progress in this space moving forward.
Disclosure: work for Microsoft on the Hyper-V team.
[1] https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/virtualization/2017/11/1...