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Forgot Ubuntu Password Reboot your computer, and then as soon as you see the GRUB Loading screen, make sure to hit the ESC key so that you can get to the menu. Use the Up /Down arrow keys to select “Recovery Mode”, which is usually the second boot option. Wait for all the boot-up processes […]

Encrypting with Ubuntu is best done at the OS level right when the installation starts. It isn’t feasible to encrypt an active Ubuntu installation, so back up all your important files to Dropbox, Google Drive (or even to extra hard drives) and prepare to reinstall Ubuntu. 1) Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security (you […]

Ubuntu itself still uses the ext4 file system, but the rest of your partitions or hard drives can be formatted with ZFS. In this tutorial, we’ll guide you through installing Ubuntu 20.04 with ZFS as our file system on a few drives. Where is file system in Ubuntu? Ubuntu’s default filesystem is ext4, since 9.10. […]

If you are new to Ubuntu; always go with the LTS. As a general rule, LTS releases are what people should install. 19.10 is an exception to that rule because it’s just that good. An added bonus is the next release in April will be LTS and you can upgrade from 19.10 to 20.04 then […]

Start by logging into Windows. Hold down the Windows key + R and type diskmgmt. Go to the Windows Start menu and click on the power icon. Then press and hold down the Shift. Type sudo efibootmgr to list all the entries in Boot Menu. If the command doesn’t exist, then do sudo apt install […]

Accordingly, Ubuntu 18.04 has a couple of more years of community support, as its EOL is scheduled for April 2023. Below you will find three ways to deal with Ubuntu 16.04’s end of life. Another frequently asked query is “When is Ubuntu end of life (EOL) 2021?”. Well, ubuntu 16.04 End of Life (EOL) is […]

Note that Windows 10 S does not support running this app. Before installing Ubuntu on Windows or before the first run please open the Control Panel, visit Programs and Features’ submenu Turn Windows features on or off and select Windows Subsystem for Linux. Click OK, reboot, and then your system is ready to run this […]

Download the .iso or the OS files on your computer from this link. Download free software like ‘ Universal USB installer to make a bootable USB stick. Select an Ubuntu Distribution form the dropdown to put on your USB Select your Ubuntu iso file download in step 1. After everything has been installed and configured, […]

To see the available Linux distributions, type “Linux” into the search field, then click Run Linux on Windows. Click the Linux distribution you’d like to install. In this how-to we’re going to choose Ubuntu. Click the Get button. Windows will download and install Ubuntu. One of the next things we wanted the answer to was, […]

The equivalent of Ubuntu’s ~/ (a. k. a. /home/ yourusername /) in Windows 10 is C: Users yourusername. So for you, your home directory would be here: Windows can’t read Linux partitions. That is why you couldn’t find the home directory of Ubuntu. For WSL2 you can access to home directory from windows (Windows 10 […]