

VMWare and similar virtualization software can be of great help.

You may have to use Linux as part of the course curriculum, for some development tools (like Docker) or just for experimenting with Linux desktop before making the switch. And for a relatively better desktop experience, a VM is better. WSL and WSL2 might be easier but not everyone has access to them. Virtualization is a good way to try Linux from the comfort of Windows. This article covers a step-by-step guide on installing Ubuntu inside VMWare in Windows. – NAPI and Receive Segment Coalescing for 10% greater throughput on guests not using SR-IOV.Brief: Software like VMWare gives an easy option to try and use Linux inside Windows. – Hyper-V socket capability - a socket-based host/guest communication method that does not require a network. – The very latest Hyper-V device drivers and feature support available. The most notable highlights for this kernel include: The kernel itself is provided by the linux-azure kernel package. Linux ubuntu 5.11.0-1021-azure #22~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 29 01:11: x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/LinuxĬanonical (the company behind Ubuntu Linux distribution) with the team at Microsoft Azure announced in September last year, that Ubuntu Cloud Images for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Azure have been enabled with a new Azure tailored Ubuntu kernel by default. You can also check if the kernel finally changed uname -a This will install the Azure Kernel in Ubuntu.

To optimize the virtual machine for Microsoft Hyper-V install also the linux-azure package.

What are the advantages of using generation 2 virtual machines? In order to install Ubuntu as a Generation 2 Hyper-V virtual machine, you have to switch the Secure Boot Template to Microsoft UEFI Certificate Authority as follows.
