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This article explains the steps to setup Ubuntu virtual machine with Desktop environment on Windows using Window's Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and be able to connect to Ubuntu using Window's builtin Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) app. Youtube video A step by step visual guide of these steps is available in the below youtube link https://youtu.be/F6quxWDX7Hc Enable WSL on Windows: Enabling the features can be done only using administrator user. In corporate laptop or enterprises, this step is performed by Windows Administrator. Through GUI: Start -> Search -> Turn Windows feature on or off Virtual Machine Platform -> Tick Windows Hypervisor Platform -> Tick Window Subsystem for Linux -> Tick Click OK Wait for some installations to complete Restart Windows Through Terminal: dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:HypervisorPlatform /all /norestart dism.exe /online /enable-feature /f...

This blog is a step by step guide on how to run a Windows Virtual Machine on MacOS using UTM (Open Source Virtual Machine Tool). Also the settings needed to share Clipboard and Directory between Windows and MacOS. Download and Install UTM application on MacOS from https://mac.getutm.app/ Download Windows 11 iso file from Microsoft https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11 Download Windows Guest tool iso file https://getutm.app/downloads/utm-guest-tools-latest.iso Steps to create Windows 11 Virtual Machine Click Create a New Virtual Machine Click Virtualize Select Windows Set memory as 12288 MiB Set CPU Cores as 3 Click Continue Tick Install Windows 10 or higher Click Browse and select Windows 11 iso file Tick Install drivers and SPICE tools Click Continue Set size at 64 GiB Click Continue Do not set Shared Directory Path now, we can do it after installation Click Continue Set Name as Windows Click Save Steps to install Windows 11 Click on Windows In first CD/DVD, sele...