Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu 20.04

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Introduction In this guide I will be showing you the process for installing VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu 20.04. This will include the following Installing packages required for building Guest Additions Building and installing Guest Additions Install Prerequisites In order to build and install Guest Additions, you will require the following packages. sudo apt install … Read more

Interacting with the clipboard from terminal using xclip

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Introduction In this guide I will be showing you how you can interact with the clipboard from the terminal. The focus of this will be how you can do things like copy the contents of a file (or output from a program) directly into memory and also how you can paste directly into a file … Read more

WSSL Tips and Tricks: Launching graphical applications on Ubuntu 20.04 with Xming

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Introduction: In this guide I will be showing you how you can launch graphical applications from your Windows Subsystem for Linux install. This guide will be aimed at Ubuntu users although it should work on any Debian based distro (and probably others too). Requirements To do this, you will need the following: Windows Subsystem for … Read more

WSSL Tips and Tricks: Accessing your Linux files in Windows

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If you are looking to access your Linux files from Windows, this guide should hopefully be helpful to you. This location will likely change depending on the version and when you set up your WSSL. At the time of writing this (May 2020), my files for Ubuntu 20.04 are located at: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\LINUX_DISTRO_NAME\LocalState\rootfs For example C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu20.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc\LocalState\rootfs … Read more