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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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Should I uninstall WSL or the old Linux distro before installing WSL2?
I was using Windows 10 version 1909 yesterday. I had WSL enabled with Ubuntu 18.04 installed.
Now I have updated to Windows 10 version 2004. How do I update to WSL 2 the cleanest way with no residue ...
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How do I connect webcam to OpenCV in linux in docker from windows 10
I want to package my OpenCV program in Linux to somebody who only use windows to test. After some surveys, I find that docker may be a suitable way to put all my dependencies and program together to ...
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Grub not showing after installing Elementary OS alongside Windows 10 [UEFI]
I've tried to install elementary OS alongside Windows 10 in a UEFI machine. I first did it with Secure Boot enabled, using the "something more" option. I configured the root and swap partitions as I ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 File sharing (write permissions issue) with Windows 10/11
I have been struggling with getting a shared Samba share in Linux to be writable from Windows 10/11. I have found several questions on this but can't find a solution. I can see and list the samba ...
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How to restrict root access to other users/partitions
Setup:
Laptop dual boot Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 10 or 11 (both are fine for me).
I have the issue where I need to install some anti-virus software as root on Ubuntu. However this software is really ...
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Decrease partition size for ubuntu dual boot
I have windows 10 and ubuntu 20.04 dual booted and I don't use ubuntu much. I gave ubuntu a lot of space which I can use for windows. Now I want to reduce the size of the partition😐. I have ...
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Dual-Boot system with Ubuntu cannot access Windows 10 (grub update and boot-repair not working)
I've recently entered in possess of a desktop computer with Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10. Booting it, it will immediately start Ubuntu and I'm currently not able to log in into windows. I've already ...
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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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Backing up Windows drive under Linux OS?
I have a dual-boot Linux/Windows machine, each having a separate 1TB SSD drive. Mostly Linux is used, Windows just occasionally.
An incremental daily/weekly/monthly backup using rsnapshot is set-up on ...
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Connect to Windows shared folder in Ubuntu
I have recently installed Ubuntu 20.04. Moreover, I have a share folder in windows of another computer. I have to access the share folder in Ubuntu. Therefore, I installed samba client using this ...
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how to implement wifi direct between windows 10 and linux (ubuntu)
I'm trying to establish WIFI DIRECT connection between windows 10 and Linux (ubuntu).
I'm following steps as per the below link.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-to-implement-...
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Dual boot - tried to mount Windows drive on Ubuntu 20, failed, now Windows won't boot
I installed Ubuntu on my laptop today in place of Mint. I was able to boot the Windows drive under Mint, but it failed in Ubuntu with the error described in this page.
However, when I tried to start ...
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Windows 10 killing grub
I'm trying to run a dual boot system with w10 and Ubuntu. Both system works, secure boot is disabled and legacy support enabled, but every time i boot windows10 it just kills grub so the next time i ...
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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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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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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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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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How to remove multiple boot options from boot loader
I recently installed Ubuntu Linux 16.04 and right now I have multiple boot options in GRUB including some for Windows which I doubt I have much use for. I want to remove some of them. Currently on my ...
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WiFi card not detected by Windows first time after restarting from Ubuntu in dual-boot
The following is my setup:
Asus K551LN i5 laptop (dual boot), Windows 10 Home (fast startup disabled), Ubuntu 15.10 amd64 (dual boot)
This laptop has the MediaTek MT7630E wifi card for which the ...
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Multi-booting: Installing multiple Windows 10 OS's alongside multiple Linux OS's
When searching online regarding installing multiple versions of Windows 10. Every site mentions that Windows 10 will have it own "Selection screen" for OS's.
E.g. when you boot your PC, ...
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How to configure linux guest that will have dynamic space , did set 25.00 GB virtual size but it keep running out of space
Virtual box Version 7.0.8 r156879 (Qt5.15.2) on windows ,
i configured ubuntu as guest OS on windows VB , all working good , i was thinking that if i set
virtual size to 25g it will be enough .
But it ...
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Remote desktop gives me a black screen
I am trying to connect remotely with remote desktop from my windows machine to my ubuntu 20 machine but I get only a black screen
First I did (as I wrote in this question)
>sudo systemctl status ...
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Can’t boot from USB on Windows tablet
I have a Windows tablet ZTE W105 that I want to install Linux on. The tablet finds the USB stick but when I boot from it nothing happens, it just restarts and returns to Windows. I have tried changing ...
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Cannot flash SD Card within Guest OS - VirtualBox
Background:
Host OS: Windows 10 Professional
Guest OS: Ubuntu 20.04
Host OS:
I am able to add files, edit files and add folders.
Verified that SD card is read and write card
Guest OS:
I am able to ...
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How to get back windows 10 boot loader after uninstalling ubuntu
I installed Ubuntu a few months ago now I had to uninstall it die to some reason but I forgot to install windows boot loader and restarted the pc. It is showing a black screen how to boot again with ...
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Hyper-V Generic Failure + Ubuntu error 0x8007023e on Windows 10 Pro
I've been experiencing some problems with running Ubuntu 20.04 as a distribution of Windows Subsystem on Linux. I want to run it as a virtual machine on Hyper-V. I'm rather new to this, so I'm not ...
