Apart from using VM
's console interface that is provided by the most (if not all) of Windows hosted Virtual Managers
, you could use putty at your windows desktop to access a VM
running Linux
with sshd
daemon to allow putty
to connect and samba
service configured to 'export' some location inside VM
's fs to allow you access the files over the network connection.
Perhaps, you would need to access this share by IP
address from Windows workstation, not by its netbios
name, i.e. \\192.168.100.2\sharename
where the 192.168.100.2
is the IP
of your VM
.
As for Linux
distro - it's a matter of taste and any recommendation would make an answer an opinion based. So, pick the one most familiar to you.