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How to Uninstall Ubuntu 20.04 from WSL Windows 10? [duplicate]
I have Windows 10 (build 19042.1110) installed on my PC, and I wanted to install Ubuntu 20.04 using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). So I enabled the WSL. However, I've not used the Microsoft Store ...
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Activation of network connection failed - Ubuntu 18.04 VM guest on Windows 10 Hyper-V Host
I have a Ubuntu 18.04 VM guest running in Windows 10 hyper-v.
The VM had previously been able to connect to the internet successfully. It recently stopped being able to connect and I cannot recall ...
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Installing Linux without disabling Bitlocker encryption
Is there a way to install and dual boot Ubuntu / Fedora along with Windows 11 without disabling bitlocker encryption?
Possible approach
The other solution for continuing to use Bitlocker extending ...
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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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Linux file access on external drive using Windows 10
I have multiple machines (3 Windows 10 and 1 Ubuntu Bionic Beaver).
I back them up, or back up files/folders using drag and drop.
The external drive is all NTFS and is not set up as a NAS device. ...
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Ubuntu not showing in boot menu (Dual boot Ubuntu and Windows)
A couple of years ago, I set up my machine to dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu. At that time, it worked as expected and I was able to switch back and forth between Windows and Ubuntu. Today, I tried to ...
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Ubuntu - can't see my folders
First question here - please do let me know if I'm missing any necessary details / any structures and protocols that I may not be adhering to.
I've downloaded Ubuntu (version 18.04) on my Windows 10 ...
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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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Unable to submit the files by Rsync from the Windows terminal to Ubuntu VPS (code 12 error) while normal SSH authentication works fine
Although the Rsync is available for Windows, there are some problems with SSH. Here is the first one: the files are simply could not be submitted because of unclear error "error in rsync protocol ...
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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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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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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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How can I view something running on a linux machine from a windows machine?
The setting is a bit confusing but please keep up with me
I have a linux machine on a remote location. There is also a windows machine there. All of them connected with a LAN
There is a program ...
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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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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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