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On Windows (Pro) Hyper-V is free, and quite good. Maybe it's less user friendly. Windows also has Sandbox (based on container technology), which replaces creat
by dist-epoch 2y ago
On Windows (Pro) Hyper-V is free, and quite good. Maybe it's less user friendly.
Windows also has Sandbox (based on container technology), which replaces creating a VM to test some software without affecting the system.
- qzx_pierri 2y agoyeah Windows Sandbox is pretty great. I use it to test sketchy software when sailing the high seas. And the option to add shared readonly folders on the host OS is nice too.
- TowerTall 2y agoHow do you test sketchy software when Windows Defender is disabled in Windows Sandbox?
- haunter 2y agoThere is the Hyper-V Server 2019 [0] too which was also free and a standalone OS unlike the current version. I use that on a 2nd PC, you can also install a full GUI [1] on top of the webadmin interface so pretty good actually. 0, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-hyper-v-server-2019 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-hyper-v-... 1, https://gist.github.com/bp2008/922b326bf30222b51da08146746c7c27 https://gist.github.com/bp2008/922b326bf30222b51da08146746c7...
- gettodachoppa 2y agoAnyone reading this, don't expect a smooth experience for desktop Linux under Hyper-V. Hyper-V's team only cares about supporting servers. You're not gonna run a full-screen Ubuntu VM without a lot of banging your head against the wall, unless you spend days trawling random Github comments and reddit posts and fixing it whenever it breaks.
- dist-epoch 2y agoIf you want Ubuntu use Hyper-V Quick Create instead of booting the .iso you downloaded. That takes care of the integration things.