Canonical announced today that its recently released Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) operating-system has become available being an optimized desktop image in Microsoft's Hyper-V gallery.

Last year in September, Canonical announced it collaborated with Microsoft to bring the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating-system, the most recent LTS (Long-term Support) discharge of Ubuntu Linux, as an optimized desktop image for Microsoft's Hyper-V gallery, and now the Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) release can be obtained as well alongside Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

"Today we're very happy to announce that a new 19.04 image joins the LTS version. This will help make life a bit easier for individuals dealing with Ubuntu desktop on Windows," said Will Cooke, Ubuntu Desktop Director at Canonical. "Our plan at this point is to supply the latest LTS and the newest non-LTS release. This way you can choose between the known quantity of the LTS or even the freshest release."

"The advantages of running Ubuntu Linux on Hyper-V"

Running Ubuntu Linux on Hyper-V adds a host of benefits to those who want or need to run Ubuntu virtualized on top of the Windows 10 operating-system. Among these benefits, we can mention dynamic desktop resizing, improved clipboard integration, improved mouse experience to seamlessly move between your guest desktop and host computer, and shared folders.

If you want to try Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) on Hyper-V, you will need to run the latest form of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating-system. Building a virtual machine with Ubuntu 19.04 is really as simple as opening the Hyper V Manager, hitting the "Quick Create" button, and choosing the Ubuntu 19.04 option (see the image below for more details).