It’s been awhile since I installed WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) with Ubuntu on Windows 10. When I installed the Ubuntu App in the Microsoft Store, it installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS under WSL version 1. Currently, WSL is at version 2 (specifically 2.7.12 stable release) and Ubuntu is at version…
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My brother recently switched from a Motorola Android phone to an Apple iPhone 13 Pro. He wanted to keep the “Hello Moto” ringtone, which was not available on the iPhone. I checked the ringtones available on the App Store and they were all remixed audios with male voices. The original…
Leave a CommentFor the past few months, my WordPress server, on an unmanaged virtual private server (VPS), has been freezing once or twice a month. I had to power cycle it to get it up and running again. I found out that the server’s Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) operating system was…
Leave a CommentI decided to migrate to GitHub for my source code repository. Previously, I was using Subversion with a repository on my own unmanaged VPS (Virtual Private Server). I used my own Subversion installation because in the past (prior to January 2019), GitHub’s free personal user account did not allow private…
Leave a CommentI’ve decided to remove Windows as a web development platform. On Windows, I’ve had to find and install 3rd party software to support features like SSH (Secure Shell), which was a hassle. Instead, I will use Ubuntu on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) and macOS. Because macOS is based on…
1 CommentFor the past few months, my Windows 10 desktop computer’s wired Internet connection has been laggy and slow. When first browsing to a website, it would sometimes pause for 30 seconds before loading the page. And download speeds were slow, 60-80 Mbps (according to Speedtest). Change DNS I thought the…
Leave a CommentAs of macOS 10.15 Catalina, I could no longer use TrueCrypt 7.1a because it does not support 64-bit and Catalina is 64-bit only. Looking for an alternative, I found VeraCrypt, which was forked from TrueCrypt. Install VeraCrypt Here’s how I installed VeraCrypt on my macOS 12 Monterey MacBook: Install macFUSE…
2 CommentsWindows 10 supports Android, but I think the support is very lacking. Supposedly, if you attach your Android smartphone to the Windows Phone app, you can then run Android apps on Windows 10 using the Phone app. You would have to have the latest version of the Phone app though.…
Leave a CommentSeveral years ago, I purchased a used iPad 2. After I got home, I did a reset on it. When it booted up and tried to activate the iPad, it stated that the iPad was managed and asked me for a username and password as part of “Remote Management”. This…
1 CommentI discovered that my Dell Optiplex 3050 desktop’s motherboard supported a NVMe M.2 SSD drive. Supposedly NVMe drives, which look like small circuit boards, are even faster than SATA SSD drives. So I decided to upgrade my Samsung 860 EVO 250GB 2.5 inch SATA SSD drive to a Crucial P2…
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