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Can't install Ubuntu from USB
Coming from Windows 10, I want to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
My current system specifications:
Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon (4th generation)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz (4 CPUs), 2.2GHz
64-...
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Ubuntu 18.04.1 + VirtualBox 5.2.22 - VM hangs/freezes when I press printscreen button
I am running Virtualbox 5.2.22 on Windows 10. The VM is a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04.1 with 6 processors, 8GB of RAM, and 128 Video RAM. Guest additions is installed. If I press the printscreen ...
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Dual boot ubuntu 18.04 and windows 10
I have installed fresh windows 10 and installed ubuntu 18.04 in my HP pavilon laptop. now when I restart the computer , It automatically starts the windows 10.
so If I want ubuntu I need to reboot ...
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Dual Boot issue with Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16 on Asus GT 703G laptop
Aim:
I wanted to make it dual boot with Ubuntu 16 and Windows 10. Complete system specs are shown in the screenshot below.
The things I tried:
Based on various blogs particularly this.
The major ...
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No boot menu is show during bootup
My laptop DELL PRECISION 3530 has 1 TB SSD. I installed 3 OS. First Windows 10, then Linux mint 19 and then Ubuntu 18. During the installation I had to straggle in the BIOS option. This laptop has ...
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ssh to Ubuntu 18.04 connection timed out
I'm trying to SSH to Ubuntu server I have in another city. The IP address for that server is something like 129.123.x.xxx. I use windows and cmder to connect to Ubuntu. When I use my campus vpn which ...
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WSL is enabled on windows 10 but Linux.exe errors that it is not enabled
When I run ubuntu1804.exe for having "Linux distros for WSL", I receive this:
The Windows Subsystem for Linux optional component is not enabled. Please enable it and try again.
See https://aka.ms/...
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Read luks lvm volume from Windows 10 [duplicate]
I have a pendrive with the ubuntu root partition encrypted with LUKS, and it's inside a lvm volume. How could I read the data from Windows 10?
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Remove grub after completely wiping the Ubuntu HDD
I had Windows 10 on my laptop and I needed to install Ubuntu. I followed the instructions and installed Ubuntu on a separate HDD using the "install Ubuntu alongside the existing Windows 10". Windows ...
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Computer will not boot into OS after installed Graphics Driver
Here are the computer specs.
Intel DH67BL, 3.4 ghz i7,
32 GB DDR3 2333 mHz,
750W EVGA PSU,
EVGA GTX 980 Ti Kingpin.
I've been trying to get this graphics card running for a few days, but to no avail....
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Windows and ubuntu won't boot due to kernel error
I have an acer laptop(AMD Processor) with dual boot configuration of windows 10 and ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I tried booting windows 10 last night and i got blue screen with kernel security check failure. ...
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Bridged Network from Windows 10 host to Ubuntu 18.04 guest in Virtualbox not working
I've been a Windows poweruser since forever and lately I got more interested in hosting and webservers. That's when the time has come to get my hands dirty with Linux and so I decided today to create ...
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Error: unknown filesystem - Grub rescue
I have a problem. On my laptop I have two operation system: Kali Linux and Windows 10. Yesterday, while working on my windows partition, I have decided to create a new partition (D:) from the C:
When ...
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Can't install linux-libc-dev on WSL/Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
I'm trying to install linux-libc-dev on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows (the Windows Subsystem for Linux).
This is to fix an earlier bash error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc6-dev : ...
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My Asus laptop freezes randomly
I own Asus R558U laptop (hardware details at the bottom of my post)
Couple of months ago it started freezing completly during random situations.
Recently I decided to observe it more closely and try ...
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Hyper-V not Launching Ubuntu 17.10.1
I'm following instructions for Creating a Linux VM on Windows 10 with Hyper-V. I chose to download and use the Ubuntu 17.10.1 ISO on a "Generation 1" VM. Everything is fine until I issue the "...
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SSH from a Ubuntu VM on Win 10 Hyper-V to Ubuntu on WSL
I just setup a small lab with an Ubuntu 17.10.1 VM on Hyper-V on a Win 10 host, and was trying to SSH from this VM into the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) Ubuntu Instance in Win 10. I am constantly ...
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How can the bash shell on Window be completely reset?
I'm new to Unix but interested learn, so started trying to use bash/Ubuntu on Windows. Unfortunately, bash crashed and now bash/Ubuntu seems to be broken as most folders are now missing from the ...
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BIOS cannot find any disks and will not proceed past the startup screen
I should start this question out by acknowledging the numerous poor choices that led to this situation.
For some time now I have been thinking about switching from Windows to Linux as my primary ...
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Why is my Ubuntu build laggy when moving windows?
I have the following system:
i5 6400 skylake processor @2.7ghz quad
Amd Radeon r9 380 4gb gddr5
8gigs of ram ddr4.
250gb Samsung 850 pro ssd
I am trying to run Ubuntu and Xubuntu for that matter @...
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What is the difference between Windows Subsystem for Linux and bash on Ubuntu on Windows?
What is the difference in their functions? Is one of them more compatible or something else? Why Microsoft bother developing these two which look identical?
The file location. Files for the bash on ...
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Removing the Ubuntu bootloader from Ubuntu/Windows 10 Dual Boot
I am removing Ubuntu (from the Ubuntu/Windows 10 dual-boot) because something happened to it and it just "broke". I could not reinstall since it did not give me the options to do so when I followed ...
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virtualization with decent performance
At my work we have a couple of surface pro 2017, They are all the same i7, 512gb ssd and 16gb of ram variant. They only run windows 10 but an upcomming project requires the use of linux for the team. ...
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Editing files in a Windows Subsystem for Linux development environment
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) works pretty well for making most commandline Linux tools available and working on Windows without modification. However, it gets a little tricky for development, ...
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Unfound linux partition after installing windows 10
I had win7 alongside ubuntu 16.04, having a problem with win7 boot, I installed win10 and launched boot repair (macrium reflect) from there (win7 was fixed).
I think, I made a big mistake, cause now ...
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Bash on Ubuntu on Windows logging bash sessions
My professor wants us to log our bash sessions by submitting a log of our bash (terminal) session. I am using Bash on Ubuntu on Windows with the Windows 10 Creator's Update.
When using the command &...
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Cannot delete partition in Windows 10
I have a Linux partition that I want to delete. I want to then transfer the free space to the Windows partition. I am using Windows. I try and delete it from the Disk Management tool and it hangs. If ...
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Can't install linux-libc-dev in Ubuntu on Windows
I'm trying to install linux-libc-dev with apt-get in Windows Subsystem for Linux (ubuntu), but I get an error and I can't seem to resolve it:
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/...
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Windows 10 won't boot from grub
I currently have Linux Mint installed along Windows 10, and both have been working harmoniously together for a good 6 months. This morning, I attempted to select Windows 10 from the grub menu as I do ...
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Cannot remove Micro SD card's read-only attribute after Ubuntu image
I can't remove the read-only attribute from a Kingston 32 GB Micro SD Card. I want to wipe clean the whole card.
I was given a Raspberry Pi 3 and a 32 GB Micro SD Card and an Echo to play around with....
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