There are multiple ways to try any Linux distribution on Windows 11 or Windows 10 computers. However, Hyper-V is the native virtual machine app that you can use to install Linux Ubuntu on your PC. As ...

Late last month, Canonical made an astonishing announcement: an optimized image of Ubuntu Desktop is now available from Microsoft's Hyper-V gallery. This wonderful new feature is primarily intended ...

With Linux 6.17 out of the door, the merge window for Linux 6.18 has opened. With Linux 6.18, the Linux kernel is getting further enhancements for Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization support. One of ...

Microsoft is improving Hyper-V support in the upcoming Linux kernel version 6.6 so that both AMD and Intel processors will benefit. The upgrade mainly pertains to improved guest support. Microsoft ...

In a move that caused more than a few eyes to bulge and jaws to drop, last July Microsoft announced it was contributing code to the Linux community with hopes of having it included in the Linux tree.

At its recent Build conference Microsoft introduced the second version of its Windows Subsystem for Linux. It’s a major reworking of the original WSL concept, moving away from translating Linux system ...

Question for the hive mind: On Win 10, if I enable VT-X, Hyper-V or WSL1/2 but any related VMs or containers are inactive, does it slow the system down? I'm asking because I only have 1 computer and ...