Everything You Can Do With Windows 10’s New Bash Shell

Windows 10’s Anniversary Update brings a “Bash on Ubuntu on Windows” environment to Windows 10. But don’t be deceived: This is more than just a Bash shell. It’s a full compatibility layer for running Linux applications on Windows.

We’ve covered a lot of the things you can do in Windows 10’s new Bash shell, so we’ve rounded up all those guides into one mega list here, for your convenience.

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Tools To Password Protect Folder In Linux

Most of the time, having a password protected user is all you need to keep your files private and protected from prying eyes. There are those few times when you need to allow access to your account to another person, sometimes there are folders or files you would like to keep away from being accessed. Now we can password protect folder with several handy tools. In the Windows world, these tools are quite easily available for Windows but today we will look at a few options available for the Linux user.

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Browse the web anonymously with the custom and private web browser from the Tor project

Tor Browser Bundle is a free and platform-independent application designed to allow users to browser the Web anonymously through the powerful Tor network on the Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, without the need to use any third-party software.

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Overview of AOMEI Backupper

AOMEI Backupper is back up and recovery software. It allows you to back up your files, folders, hard disk drives, partitions, dynamic volumes, applications and system drives, and to restore them later if data loss occurs. Backupper includes a disk imaging and cloning tool which can be used to create an exact image of your entire hard disk drive and operating system, to migrate to another hard drive if desired, for Windows 10, 8, 8.1, 7, XP, Vista and Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012.

Click here for more information.

What is SSDcronTRIM ?

SSDcronTRIM is an intelligent cronjob which, depending on the usage of your Solid State Disk(s), automatically decides how often the SSD(s) should be trimmed. The more data you have on your SSD(s) the more often they will be trimmed.

It is intended as a fire and forget app which, once installed, does everything fully automated. In fact it is so clever, you should be able to install it on any linux system without using the package manager of your distribution. Just open this script with your favorite text editor, add the partition(s) which should be trimmed (as a space separated list into the variable SSD_MOUNT_POINTS) and then execute

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How To: Install/Upgrade to Linux Kernel 4.4.5 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint Systems

http://www.yourownlinux.com/2016/03/how-to-install-linux-kernel-4-4-5-in-linux.html

How to Encrypt Directories/Partitions with eCryptfs on Debian 8

https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/how-to-encrypt-directories-and-partitions-with-ecryptfs-on-debian/

Managing passwords in Linux with KeePassX

I use KeePass and I would not be without it. Just make sure you keep it backed up in the event you lose your data. I put everything in this great little app. As always if you like it, then think about donating to the cause.

https://opensource.com/business/16/5/keepassx?sc_cid=70160000000q68JAAQ

Cant print in Virtualbox on both Ubuntu 16.04 and Mint 18

(Don’t forget to have the Extensions pack for you version of Virtualbox install and at least the USB 2.0 selected in the USB section)

I found that I was not in the the Virtualbox user group, so I had to add myself to that group. So open a terminal window and copy and paste the following and run it. (Change out your user name) Then logout and back in again, open Virtualbox and you should be able to print now.

sudo adduser your-name-here vboxusers

Hope this helps!!!

Switch from Photoshop to GIMP

But times have changed. Photoshop isn’t the killer app that it used to be. I spend about 90% of my time in Lightroom and only 10% in Photoshop. This is the same for many other professionals. We’ve all switched to the RAW format, so we use RAW photo editors most of the time. Photoshop is often just used for final touch ups.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1q3uqn/:jr0Jxd5W:qSnG8Dj8/www.rileybrandt.com/2014/03/09/photoshop-to-gimp