Ubuntu on Hyper-V, Insuring Enhanced Session Works

The enhanced session mode offers improved performance, hardware utilization, and features like copy & paste in the VM. To enable this in Ubuntu (or other OS), specific configurations and software installations are needed. Steps include VM setup, Ubuntu installation, XRDP & XORGXRDP installation, and configuring the VM server for enhanced session mode. Continue reading →

Sputtering Windows Instances

I had a concern about Windows OS being used for cloud computing. The instances in Windows Azure take a significant amount of time to boot up. In Amazon Web Services the Windows EC2 Instances also take a long time to boot up. Compared to Linux, Windows takes 2-4x longer to spool up in the cloud.... Continue reading →