For that alone, the VM download is worthwhile. I think it’s peachy keen because it gives me access to an environment with a working version of Linux pre-installed to play with inside WSL. Heck no! You can use it for anything you want to, subject to the license restrictions. Are You Compelled to Write Code if You Download a VM? Note also that this particular VM expires on (which is probably 90 days from when it was originally created, as is typical for Microsoft evaluation OSes and tools). That’s too bad (but entirely understandable) because you could otherwise build entire test and experimental infrastructures using this download.
#Microsoft vm download software
You may not use the software in a live operating environment.Īlso, you’re limited to exactly one free instance.
You may not use the software for commercial purposes. You may use the software in the virtual hard disk image only to demonstrate and internally evaluate it.
The l icensing terms for this free offer are worth reading over (PDF document), especially Installation and Use Rights clause 1.c, which reads: The short answer to that question is “enlightened self-interest.” By making it easy and free for developers to dig into and play with the MS development environment’s IDE (Visual Studio) for both Windows and Linux, MS hopes to entice more developers into jumping onto - and writing code for - its platforms.
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