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Running Linux in Windows 10

Posted on 10 September, 201910 September, 2019

If you have Windows 10 and miss sometimes to have a linux distro locally, you can install the Windows Subsystem for Linux. First start a CMD shell (start-run, type: CMD) Then: powershell Then you type: Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux Restart the computer. Then go to Microsoft Store and choose your option. I chose Ubuntu 18.04 […]

Cygwin

Cygwin rsync to synchronize files from Linux to Windows

Posted on 12 June, 201814 June, 2018

If you have a lot of files (several TB) on a Linux server, and you want to synchronize them daily to a local USB disc, you can use Cygwin rsync for the job. First you need to install Cygwin on your Windows computer: https://www.cygwin.com/ Then start up a CMD on your windows computer, and type: rsync […]