Yes, Hyper-V's Desktop UX for VMs is still in a really sad state compared to the competition, even for Windows guests, let alone Linux ones. I have it enabled t

Yes, Hyper-V's Desktop UX for VMs is still in a really sad state compared to the competition, even for Windows guests, let alone Linux ones. I have it enabled to use Docker for Windows by default, but very often still need to reboot to disable it and use VMware Workstation for any serious work inside VMs, for all the reasons you listed, plus the awesome multi-monitor support in Workstation. Microsoft really needs to get its act together.