*Sigh*
VMware removed a feature for Linux guests that I rely on (seamless mode) with the release of Workstation 12 back in 2015. As a result, I've been using Workstation 11 for ages.
Needless to say, each LTS release has been progressively more challenging to install and run than the one before it - 16.04 was still ok and 18.04 required jumping through some minor hoops during installation but otherwise worked well, but 20.04 has given me nothing but pain over the past year.
In recent months, Canonical has been trying to force the 5.8 kernel on me. I've been resisting so far because it breaks VMware Tools (not open-vm-tools - VMware Tools), but to be honest I'm sick of constantly fighting against the flow just to have a working VM. Besides, in the long term 22.04 will definitely require kernel 5.8+ so this looks like the end of the line.
With WSL2 now being a thing in Windows 10 I am wondering if I even need Linux anymore, and dropping Linux entirely would allow me to finally upgrade to Workstation 16, which in turn would get eliminate the hoops I currently have to jump through to get Windows 10 guests up and running.
Sorry for the long rant but at this point I can't help but see Ubuntu as more of a hindrance than a useful tool. Are there any good reasons why I shouldn't just dump Ubuntu entirely and go back to Windows?
VMware removed a feature for Linux guests that I rely on (seamless mode) with the release of Workstation 12 back in 2015. As a result, I've been using Workstation 11 for ages.
Needless to say, each LTS release has been progressively more challenging to install and run than the one before it - 16.04 was still ok and 18.04 required jumping through some minor hoops during installation but otherwise worked well, but 20.04 has given me nothing but pain over the past year.
In recent months, Canonical has been trying to force the 5.8 kernel on me. I've been resisting so far because it breaks VMware Tools (not open-vm-tools - VMware Tools), but to be honest I'm sick of constantly fighting against the flow just to have a working VM. Besides, in the long term 22.04 will definitely require kernel 5.8+ so this looks like the end of the line.
With WSL2 now being a thing in Windows 10 I am wondering if I even need Linux anymore, and dropping Linux entirely would allow me to finally upgrade to Workstation 16, which in turn would get eliminate the hoops I currently have to jump through to get Windows 10 guests up and running.
Sorry for the long rant but at this point I can't help but see Ubuntu as more of a hindrance than a useful tool. Are there any good reasons why I shouldn't just dump Ubuntu entirely and go back to Windows?