Installing Ubuntu on Lenovo V570 Windows 10 laptop
I'm an old UNIX user. I would like to install Ubunto on my old Lenovo V570 laptop running windows 10. Which installation would you recommend? WSL or Dual Boot. Thank you.
View ArticleWSL: how do I det the group for a tty device
I am running usbipd on windows 11 to enable USB devices to attach to WSL. This works. I can run my serial application as root and it works fine. I would rather not run my application as root. My user...
View Articlewsl update's ubuntu
There is a problem with updating ubuntu to wsl-2. I had ubuntu 20.04 LTS installed by default but used this method https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/installing-ubuntu-20-10-on-wsl/18941 to get to ubuntu...
View ArticleOpening Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop on WSL2
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 (server/terminal) from the Windows 10 Apps store. After launching the Ubuntu Terminal via WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux), I installed Ubuntu Desktop and did several steps...
View Article"The following packages have been kept back" after upgrading to 22.04 on WSL
I am having a problem updating Ubuntu on WSL2. I had Ubuntu 20.04 LTS installed by default but used this method to upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. But now when I run:sudo apt update && sudo apt...
View ArticleWSL: how do I set the group for a tty device
I am running usbipd on windows 11 to enable USB devices to attach to WSL. This works. I can run my serial application as root and it works fine. I would rather not run my application as root. My user...
View ArticleMakefile issue compile error
Any suggestion how to fix this makefile error, I tried solving with possible options but its still not working./bin/sh: 1: ./compile: not found make: *** [Makefile:52: build-lkl-btrfs] Error 127Part of...
View ArticleOpening Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop on WSL2
I installed Ubuntu 20.04 (server/terminal) from the Windows 10 Apps store. After launching the Ubuntu Terminal via WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux), I installed Ubuntu Desktop and did several steps...
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How do I get VcXsrv working with WSL?
I installed VcXsrv and configured the DISPLAY variable, however, with VcXsrv running, I cannot get anything to connect to it. For example:a@HOME:~$ echo $DISPLAYlocalhost:0.0a@HOME:~$ xeyesError: Can't...
View ArticleCan't open visual studio code using (code .) in /var/www/html in WSL2
Can't open Visual Studio Code from terminal in /var/www/html (WSL2) gives error:$ code .To use Visual Studio Code with the Windows Subsystem for Linux, please install Visual Studio Code in Windows and...
View ArticleCan't fix an error inside of WSL because it's causing WSL to crash
Old question: "Removed zsh, but forgot to change shell back to bash, and now Ubuntu crashes (wsl)" Note that @steeldriver's answer works for my new question as well.I have been trying to install zsh on...
View ArticleFinding the 'tools' filesystem mounted on /init in WSL2
I have been using linux for a couple of years now, and thought I'd give WSL2 a try.Something that surprised me was how I could run Windows PE binaries (*.exe files) 'just so'. A bit of research led me...
View ArticleWSL Ubuntu not working on windows
How TO fix THIs Type of issue?See HereWsl Version imageNot working Ubuntu imageDocker NOt Working FOr THIs reseon
View ArticleAccessing graphics in Ubuntu which is installed as an app in Windows 10 HP
I have a windows 10 HP tower workstation with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card, in which I installed UBUNTU 18.04 as an app (natively), by following the...
View ArticleA script that terminates all processes owned by the current user, that have...
How would I write a script that terminates all processes owned by the current user whose machine time (TIME column in ps output, which I believe is the CPU time) is greater than 1 minute?
View ArticleAre there any limitations in working in Ubuntu in Windows Subsystem for Linux...
Are all of Ubuntu's capabilities including support for GUI applications available in the latest version of Windows Subsystem for Linux installation of Ubuntu or are there any limitations in working in...
View ArticleTAB completion not working for mounted partition
I'm used to mount a Windows partition (G) into my Windows Subsystem for Linux (running Ubuntu 20.04) by giving the following commands:sudo mkdir /mnt/gsudo mount -t drvfs G: /mnt/gUnfortunately,...
View ArticleHow to find a reason for a change in Ubuntu? (example: removal of package...
I would like to check the decision process for a certain change in Ubuntu. I found the commits implementing the change but in the changelog there is just a plain statement of the change without any...
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WSL for Windows 10 closes immediatly after entering password
I am using the WSL for Windows. I have tried multiple Ubuntu Versions, but every version shuts down right after I enter my password. If I restart my PC, it's fine at first. But if want to open another...
View ArticleTemporary Failure in name resolution on WSL
Running Ubuntu on WSL and trying to push to github and download new python modules using pip and I get this error.Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after...
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