Fedora pre-release 43 with KDE - Plasma 6.4 Beta now default -works well on HYPER-V

Hi folks
For people using Linux VM's on HYPER-V the latest Fedora Rawhide pre-release 43 now includes KDE plasma 6.4 Beta - very fast if using KDE desktop / GUI --- the built in browser (konqueror) also very fast since it's part of the desktop - unlike chrome / firefox / edge doesn't have to load program code and services to start etc. Install via sudo dnf install konqueror

Installing the VM is a doddle too --- simply install the "bog standard" current release (Fedora 42) and upgrade to rawhide 43 via easy to follow documentation.

(For VLC to handle HEVC / H265 and some other codecs without error install from the rpmfusion repo for fedora)

I've used loads of Linux VM's in my time - Fedora releases are about the easiest I'd suggest for beginners (now Redhat is owned by IBM there's plenty of good developers on the project so things actually work properly !!!!) - and KDE \is really quite "Windows like" in looks and behaviour (less those zillions of Windows defects !!!) .

Linux Mint is also OK - but currently there's a sound issue with latest Linux distros and Hyper-V.

Tthe sound issue with Linux VM's on Hyper-V is being addressed -- the basic problem is that sound is transferred to the VM by the RDP protocol. The latest releases of current Linux Distros use Wayland rather than X11 as their video driver and Wayland is incompatible with Ms'sRDP protocol which is proprietary. An X11-Wayland bridge gets round the main video problem in that the VM can access HYPER-V's virtual video driver. Older software such as freeRDP needs also to be updated too.

The problem may / may not exist using VmWare / Oracle's Virtual box -- this presumably depends on their "paravirtualised" video / sound drivers and whether they have licensing agreements with Ms for access to RDP's code source. I find these VM systems though nothing like as efficient as HYPER-V.

Cheers
jimbo