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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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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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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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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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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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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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Not able to boot from Windows USB on Ubuntu
I'm trying to install Windows 10 on a laptop running Ubuntu.
But the problem is, it's not booting from the USB.
Details:
Tried formatting USB drive as FAT and NTFS.
It get's detected in BIOS menu, so ...
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Stuck in emergency mode (Ubuntu) after Windows 10 reinstall
After reinstalling Windows 10, I am now unable to boot into Ubuntu 22.04.
The message displayed right after the boot failure is the following:
Right afterwards, I entered maintenance mode and typed ...
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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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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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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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How to recover folder overwritten by `mv` command in ubuntu
How to recover folder overwritten by mv command in Ubuntu-20.04 on wsl2?
I was moving two folders, folderA and folderB from current directory to dest.
Here is what I did:
mv folderA ./dest/folderA
mv ...
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Creating shared folder between two Windows Subsystem for Linux
I discovered today that I have two WSL installed on my computer (Windows 10): one for Ubuntu 18.01 (will call it WSL 18.01) and one for Ubuntu 20.04 (WSL 20.04). WSL 18.04 is the only one I have used ...
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