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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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Change boot device order by default to windows
Long back I dual booted my system, installed ubuntu alongside windows. But while removing the same instead of safe removing the OS I deleted the partition in which I had Ubuntu.
Now since then ...
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Dell XPS 15 9570 - Boot Windows 10 or Ubuntu 20.04 installed on separate drives
I have a Dell XPS 15 9570. I have Ubuntu 20.04 installed on a SSD and Windows 10 installed on a nvme SSD. Dell outlines the appropriate BIOS settings to boot Ubuntu here. Will these settings prevent ...
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WSL2 make available/visible all Windows' network adapters inside Ubuntu
I have a Windows 10 with installed WSL2. In WSL2 I have an Ubuntu. I need to work directly from Ubuntu with different adapters that I have in my physical PC and have access to them from Windows. But ...
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Docker for Windows 10 Home error:Hardware assisted virtualization and data execution protection must be enabled in the BIOS
I want to use Docker in my Windows 10 Home Surface Pro 7 PC and the many sites say I should install wsl2 and then install Docker Desktop for Windows.
After the process, I launched Docker Desktop and I ...
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Why did my disk suddenly stop working?
I have a hdd and I am using it for about 3 months, I always used it in Ubuntu and everything was great until yesterday I put it on a windows laptop, the windows laptop could not read it and now I put ...
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Will deleting main partition delete the partition that was created by shrinking the main partition?
Partition details
My partition details is given in pic above.
The partition 4 was created by shrinking the available space in partition 3 that contained windows os.
Now, I am going to delete partition ...
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How to identify Windows ISO version from Linux?
I downloaded a Windows 10 21H1 ISO file from here, and I need to find out the specific version number, not just 21H1. From windows you can use the DISM command to locate that info, but how would I ...
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"Warning Machine not in commited state"
I am responsible for an HP Elite Desk G4 desktop. It has a dual boot configuration with both Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. It works fine except for
"Warning Machine not in committed state&...
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Will dual booting Ubuntu and Windows on separate hard drives affect boot up time?
I was thinking of buying another hdd to run a separate linux environment on the same computer because I don't really want to repartition and use the space on my Windows boot drive. Will this slow the ...
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installing windows on ubuntu
I have a bootable usb but when I try to install it using it, I do not get the option to boot from the usb but from the cd rom. Can someone help me with the steps or the commands ? By the way it is my ...
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Can i delete the drive which contain microsoft and EFI named folder with FAT32 partition type
I have one partition which can be accessed through windows explorer which contains Microsoft and EFI folder
I am now confused that can I delete the partition and I can't delete it from the windows ...
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how to silence annoying wsl terminal bell without turning off all windows system sounds
Things I have tried:
added bind 'set bell-style none' to the end of wsl ~/.bashrc
added echo 'set bell-style none' >> /etc/inputrc to the end of /etc/inputrc
after restarting and observing no ...
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Not able to ping NPM Registry url from WSL1 (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
Not able to ping npm registry url https://registry.npmjs.org/ from Ubuntu WSL1. Rest everything is pingable.
Here is the terminal output from WSL1 -
$ ping registry.npmjs.org
ping: registry.npmjs.org: ...
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Where are packages installed from Ubuntu terminal stored in windows
I recently downloaded the Ubuntu terminal on windows 10, because a repository I'm experimenting with requires OCaml and opam. I've run into an error and to solve it I need to delete some opam files (...
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Reduce bandwith of XRDP
Due to the current pandemic, everyone in my corporation is in HomeOffice right now.
At work I have a Workstation running Linux, but for HomeOffice I got a laptop with Windows 10 on it. I just can't ...
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Proftpd in application selection loop
I've installed a proftpd server locally for a project, and everything seems to work alright, i can access it via filezilla or the terminal.
The problem comes when I try to acces the ftp server through ...
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Scp does not copy data from windows to linux
I am connected to windows machine via a VPN network. I installed openssh server on windows machine. From Ubuntu machine, I can connect using:
ssh windowsmachine@ipaddress
However:
scp windowsmachine@...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome hangs/freezes on boot after upgrading to kernel 5.4.0-73 in Windows VirtualBox
Similar to:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed in VirtualBox hang at boot up after system update
Ubuntu 18.04 freezes after update
Ubuntu doesn't boot after upgrading kernel
But this happened just now, ...
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rsync Not Immediately Showing Progress
When I run a rsync command on an Ubuntu 20.04 machine to transfer some files to a WSL1 system running on a Windows 10 machine, the transfer progress is not always shown immediately despite using the -...
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Extra entry in Grub menu
My Toshiba laptop came with Windows 7 pre-installed. I installed Xubuntu on dual-boot (BIOS not UEFI). When Windows 10 came out, I upgraded to it, but now Grub shows two entries for Windows (besides ...
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How to prevent GRUB from scanning lvm snapshot?
My root file system is a LVM2 logic volume, and there are few snapshots of it beside.
Every time when I run update-grub, it always add menu entries for those snapshots as if they are normal volumes. ...
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GRUB missing Window option after update
After Windows update yesterday, my PC which initially dual boot with Ubuntu alongside Windows 10, has a missing "Windows" option upon the GRUB start up.
I had tried to repair the PC with ...
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After updating my Windows10, I cannot run Windows in my dual boot (Ubuntu/Windows) system
I have a dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu PC. Yesterday I updated my Windows 10, but after that when I want to run my PC, grub comes, but I only can go to Ubuntu: every time I select Windows, it ...
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Exposing local api inside WSL to physical devices and emulators
I'm working on a react native app from a windows 10 computer. I installed WSL, set up my backend needs on it, and I can see my api responding on localhost from windows, no problem on that end.
Now I ...
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Using Hyper On Windows for cmd and Git
I just installed Oh My Zsh (Hyper) by following the instructions on How to Install Oh My Zsh! on Windows 10 Home Edition. I use it on Windows 10, but there are some issues that does not let me use it ...
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Can update Windows 10 lead to dual-boot with Ubuntu issues in a GPT hard disk?
I read this article before installing Ubuntu 18.04 alongside Windows 10 and according to the ninth case in the article, update Windows can lead to Master Boot Record being rewritten and leaving with a ...
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Computer keeps freezing after ubuntu installation
Recently, I decided to shift to Ubuntu 20.04. So, I installed it on dual boot setup along with my already installed Windows 10. It worked great for 3 days (great enough for me to shift a lot of my ...
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Merge two partitions which contain different OSes
I have two OSes installed in my laptop, Windows 10 and Ubuntu. Now, I want to remove Ubuntu and merge that partition with the other partition in Windows. How am I supposed to do it?
This is how the ...
