Linux on Windows 10: Running Ubuntu VMs Just Got a Lot Easier, Says Microsoft

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Ubuntu maintainer Canonical and Microsoft have teamed up to release an optimized Ubuntu Desktop image that’s available through Microsoft’s Hyper-V gallery.

The Ubuntu Desktop image should deliver a better experience when running it as a guest on a Windows 10 Pro host, according to Canonical. The optimized version is Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.1 LTS release, also known as Bionic Beaver.

Microsoft’s work with Canonical was prompted by its users who wanted a “first-class experience” on Linux virtual machines (VMs) as well as Windows VMs. To achieve this goal, Microsoft worked with the developers of XRDP, an open-source remote-desktop protocol (RDP) for Linux based on Microsoft’s RDP for Windows.

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