Backup is always very important, and often we already have the tools to do it for free – in this post I will show you how to use the already installed WSL on Windows 10 to automate your backups to a local secondary disk. Prerequisites For this to work you will need: Windows Subsystem for … Read more
Following the previous blog post about installing and configuring WSL 2 on Windows 10, we now can start using it for our file operations. I find it much easier to use GNU/Linux tools for file manipulation such as ‘‘diff’’ and ‘‘sed’’ than their Windows equivalents. In this post, we will mount an existing SMB share … Read more
Recently Microsoft added a list of new features to the well-received WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) named “WSL 2”. This new version of WSL enables features such as increased file IO performance and full system call compatibility and is not enabled by default. In this guide, we will install, configure WSL2 on our Windows 10 … Read more
In this final part of the series, we will focus on more hard-to-reach settings that need group policy, command line, and registry tinkering. Previously during the first part, we have tackled the first steps of our Windows 10 20H2 installation. In the second part, we configured the settings needed for our system in the “Modern” … Read more
In this third part, we will make adjustments to other settings as well as application-specific selections and settings. Previously during the first part, we have tackled the first steps of our Windows 10 20H2 installation. In the second part, we configured the settings needed for our system in the “Modern” Settings application. Finally, part 4 … Read more