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How to get webcam working in VirtualBox
I am running a dual-boot of Windows 10 and Ubuntu LTS 20.04. On the Windows partition, the webcam works without any problems. But in the Ubuntu partition the webcam does not work, shows in neither &...
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How can I recover a partition table on external drive that has been destroyed by Windows?
I recently reinstalled Windows and created a dual booting setup so that I can work on a project that required a Windows environment. I have an external drive that I thought I had formatted as FAT or ...
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Uninstall Linux from dual boot and Install it again
Today, I installed Zorin os 16. Then to update python to latest version, I had to remove it and then update as per details provided by an online source. During that, when I opened settings, it said ...
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Dislocker Error during reading the volume: not enough byte read
I am using Linux 5.4.0-96-generic #109-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 12 16:49:16 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
and I have a problem unlocking a NTFS or exFAT volume with bitlocker.
I can mount ...
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how to transfer files from windows file share to ubuntu
I have a folder full of files in a windows file share on the network. I need to grab that folder every day and put it on a few linux (ubuntu) computers. I was wondering what is the easiest way to do ...
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smbclient sees file but cant find it
I have been using smbclient to grab files from a windows file system to an ubuntu based computer. It was working up until a few weeks ago. From ubuntu I do:
smbclient -A ./credentialsFile //IP/path/to/...
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Repair Ubuntu and Windows system loading from dualboot
I have some strange behavior with my ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 4th. It has two OS: Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04 I working only with Ubuntu, but I cannot delete Windows, because it is a work laptop.
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The ACTIVE command can only be used on fixed MBR disks
I installed Ubuntu as a Dual boot, the webcam did not work so I tested several solutions that I found on the web, when they failed and I made a restart to the OS, I got a message /dev/sdb7: recovering ...
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Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. When sudo apt update with WSL 2
$ sudo apt update
Err:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Temporary failure resolving 'archive.ubuntu.com'
Err:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Temporary ...
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Install Anbox on Windows 11 (Ubuntu WSL)
I successfully installed Ubuntu WSL on Windows 11 using this guide without any issues. However, when I try to install Anbox following the official website, I keep getting errors like these:
error: ...
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Impossible to power off and lost of USB on dual boot
I am facing a weird issue I think. I was working on my Ubuntu 21.10 on my laptop. This laptop is configured with a dual boot with Windows 10. It usually works flawlessly.
I then rebooted it to go on ...
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Rsync: backup Windows to Linux (remote)
I have a Linux computer (Ubuntu Server) connected to the net which have rsync installed.
And, I would like to backup a Windows machine (Windows 10) to it, using rsync with a security layer. I heard ...
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Windows Partition Not Bootable
I have Linux installed on a different partition on my drive than windows. Me, being really stupid, I run sudo rm -rf /*(I wanted to delete the contents of a folder obviously, not all the contents of ...
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How to make boot menu always appear without pressing F11
How do I make boot menu appear without pressing f11 every time? I switch between operating systems like few times a day, which makes it annoying having to press it all the time. I have a MSI ...
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Transferring files from Windows to Ubuntu on the same machine
I work with PCs. So I installed Ubuntu on a Windows machine as I was told that I need a Linux system to be able to analyze my data. I have a file in a folder on this machine that I need to use Linux ...
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My PC won't boot after I format my HDD. I have a dual boot with Windows and Ubuntu on the SSD
Ok, so here is what happening. First, I had Windows and Ubuntu in the HDD. Then, I installed the SSD and installed both Windows and Ubuntu there too. Everything was working just fine (and the time to ...
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Can I use one M.2 SSD and one SATA SSD at the same time
Is it possible to have M.2 SSD and SATA SSD in the same machine and run dual boot? Can I run Ubuntu on M.2 SSD and Windows on SATA SSD and essentially use one machine as a Linux and Windows machine? ...
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I have two versions of Ubuntu in WSL
I'm trying to install WSL2 for work, and I think it has gone well. However I seem to have two Ubuntu versions. I only need Ubuntu 20.04. Does it matter if the Ubuntu 18.04 is listed? I can also see ...
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How to recover storage space allocated to Ubuntu in WSL?
I installed Ubuntu on a Windows system just to check what exactly WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is.
After that I have disabled WSL and uninstalled Ubuntu.
But what I observed is I am not able to ...
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Unable to format SSD after dual booting Windows 10 with ubuntu 20.04.3
Its been 3 days since I failed in dual booting Windows 10 with Ubuntu
I didnt know much about dual booting and just followed a few tutorials and when I installed ubuntu I chose the option " ...
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windows efi and system reserved partition mistakenly deleted
while installing ubuntu mistakenly deleted windows efi partition, and other system reserved drive.
Currently i am with ubuntu n how many times i try to install dual boot with windows it was not ...
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Bind Super Key to Task View in Windows 11
In recent weeks I have been using Ubuntu a lot with the Gnome interface, and I've come to really appreciate the feature equivalent to the task view on Windows, where you get an overview of all open ...
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Dual booting linux and windows on 2 hard drives
first I wanna say that I’m new to both linux and dual booting so mistakes can be made while I’m trying to explain this.
My situation is the following.
I’ve always have been a windows user, I did ...
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Can I switch my operating system from Windows 10 to the latest version of Ubuntu?
I do a lot of 3d rendering and hardware-heavy work on my computer. The hardware itself is in good shape but Windows 10 won't stop freezing programs and takes forever to load files. I've heard that ...
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connect two Windows 10 PCs with Linux subsystem via SSH [duplicate]
I have a two Windows 10 PCs with Linux subsystem running Ubuntu. I'd like to connect from one to another via SSH. Would it even be possible? I've already tried PuTTY and it crashed when I runned it.
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How can I install Ubuntu without changing the boot order?
I am attempting to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 10. I want to use Windows Boot Manager, and not GRUB. I already have Windows 10 booting in UEFI mode.
I have 32 gigabytes of unallocated space to ...
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How to join splitted files from Linux on Windows
So i splitted up a huge file from my Ubuntu Machine (via the split command) into 2GB Chunks so i can download them easier.
Now i have them laying on my Network Share and i can't seem to figure out, ...
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Connect two devices Ubuntu and Windows via WiFi without router
I would like to connect two devices via Wifi without using the router.
The ubuntu device has been configured like this.
sudo ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.46 netmask 255.255.255.0
sudo route add default gw ...
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Strange HDD noise on Linux but not Windows
I have Windows 11 and Linux Mint dual boot on my notebook. When I use Windows, HDD (WDC WD10JPVX-22JC3T0) works without much noise (almost silently). However, when I use Linux Mint and Ubuntu, HDD ...
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Windows Terminal: How to create multiple profiles with different start commands on same WSL1 Ubuntu
I'm on Windows 10 and have WSL1 Ubuntu. On Windows Terminal, I have a profile for it called "Ubuntu". (For this question, assume I cannot change those tools - for instance, I can't upgrade ...
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