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Asked: 2024-09-28 22:07:15 +0800 CST

What is the best way to set up a windows 10 VM with Hypervisor and Virtual Machine Platform enabled on Ubuntu?

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I have a Ubuntu 24.04 LTS device. i want to install Windows 10 and enable Windows hypervisor platform / Hyper-V and virtual machine platform. What's the best solution for achieve this goal?

Note:
I do not want to set-up dual boot. It should be easy to use like virtualbox (turn on and off anytime when using ubuntu)
I do not have a problem about CPU or RAM capacity.
I expect good hardware performance in windows 10 virtual machine and no lags or graphical issues.
I do not need to know how to install windows 10 or enable windows hypervisor platform and virtual machine platform.
1 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/quick-start/enable-hyper-v#enable-the-hyper-v-role-through-settings
2 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enable-virtualization-on-windows-c5578302-6e43-4b4b-a449-8ced115f58e1

If anyone is curious why I want to do this:
(a) I want to enable and test Windows Subsystem for Android. (If you want to use android apps on Linux. I recommend you to use https://waydro.id/. Alternatively, you can install (credit: @raj comment) Android x86, BlissOS or other on KVM, virtualbox or vmware.
(b) I want to use Onenote. I couldn't find a successful way to install it through Wine on Ubuntu. I also know https://snapcraft.io/onenote-desktop https://github.com/patrikx3/onenote but it is cloud based. I know other popular Onenote alternatives and I don't feel satisfied. So I am doing this as a 2-in-1 solution.

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    If someone has similar requirement, you can follow this simple guide to install KVM, Create Windows 10 / Windows 11 VM and set-up Windows Subsystem for Android. You can also install offline Onenote from MS store. This is the best solution i can recommend.

    1. Please check if your CPU supports hardware virtualization and can use KVM acceleration. (If kvm-ok doesn't work, install cpu-checker package. sudo apt install cpu-checker)

      egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
sudo kvm-ok

    2. Install KVM Packages and Virt Manager.

      sudo apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils virt-manager

    3. Members of the libvirt and kvm user groups can run virtual machines. If you want specific users to run VMs, add them to those user groups.

      sudo adduser [username] libvirt
sudo adduser [username] kvm

    4. Start virt manager and create VM. Launch!

      sudo virt-manager
    • create-new-vm
    • choose-iso
    • choose-memory
    • create-disk
    • complete-wizard

    (You can choose resources as you need. If you allocate more resources, guest os will run smoothly)

    Notes:

    If you check the guest os systeminfo. you'll see "a hypervisor has been detected. features required for hyper-v will not be displayed". You can ignore it. Search for Turn Windows features on or off and enable Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Hypervisor Platform. After that, you can set-up Windows subsystem for Android. "Microsoft is ending support for the Windows Subsystem for Android™️ (WSA). source. There're many linux solutions, you can try them.

    windows-hypervisor
    WSA

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