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Ubuntu in Hyper-V

note: Don't do this. Just use WSL2. Hyper-V is unstable.

Setup a quick Ubuntu workstation with support for extended sessions.

  • Quick-Create an Ubuntu 20 machine
  • Don't enable auto-login

  • Keyboard should be win-keys

  • Run in the VM:

# wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Microsoft/linux-vm-tools/master/ubuntu/18.04/install.sh
wget https://tinyurl.com/linuxvmtoools 
sudo chmod +x linuxvmtoools
sudo ./linuxvmtoools
sudo apt install vim
  • Edit /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini to add:

​ini port=vsock://-1:3389 use_vsock=false

  • Shutdown VM and admin Powershell
  • Run in PS:
Set-VM -VMName <your_vm_name>  -EnhancedSessionTransportType HvSocket

Source: How to install Ubuntu 20.04 on Hyper-V with enhanced session

“Authentication required to refresh system repositories”

If this pops up constantly, create a file "/etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/46-allow-update-repo.pkla":

[Allow Package Management all Users]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.packagekit.system-sources-refresh
ResultAny=yes
ResultInactive=yes
ResultActive=yes