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Tiny Headless Linux VM in Windows

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One major drawback of doing web development on Windows is the difficulty of running software primarily developed for Linux, things like redis, node.js and git. With great virtualization software nowadays, it is very feasible to run Linux software inside of Windows without any performance penalty. In particular, running Linux headless, and accessing the VM only over the network, is a great…

One major drawback of doing web development on Windows is the difficulty of running software primarily developed for Linux, things like redis, node.js and git. With great virtualization software nowadays, it is very feasible to run Linux software inside of Windows without any performance penalty. In particular, running Linux headless, and accessing the VM only over the network, is a great resource-saver. Here’s how to get a headless Linux virtual machine running under Windows in 10 minutes.

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