Using WSL by default you get full access to the Windows filesystem but not to any mapped network drives. To mount network drives in WSL use the following command. For example to mount a network drive mapped to F to a WSL location /mnt/f you would type Now you can access any file in the …
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Assuming you’ve just bought a new external hard drive or you have one that’s already in use these are the steps you need to take to make it usable with Linux. ⚠️ Be aware that following these steps will reformat the drive causing all data to be permanently erased. You’ve been warned. First connect the …
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I’ve used Linux for almost 20 years and somehow never knew you could get a calendar on the command line 🤯🤯 Just type ‘cal’ for the current month or cal followed by the year (‘cal 2019’ for example) to get a full year. See the man pages for details. me@myserver:~$ cal 2019 2019 January February …
One of the greatest things about the internet is that nothing is forgotten. Of course this has also turned into one of it’s greatest risks with the rise of social media. I used to run my own website starting in 2003 until around 2013, when I removed the site. It was written by myself in …
