Problem Windows subsystem for linux is definitely a developers dream to have linux running with windows on official laptops. With all the restrictions around installation of VM and dual boot this comes as a life saver. Docker linux images did solve some of the problems but with WSL2, life is much more easier for working on windows host OS but ...
Read More »OpenVINO Ubuntu Xenial, Virtualbox and Vagrant Install, Intel NCS2 (Neural Compute Stick 2)
#OpenVINO Ubuntu Xenial, Virtualbox and Vagrant Install, Intel NCS2 (Neural Compute Stick 2) Prerequsites Download Latest VirtualBox from [https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads] https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Make sure to download extension pack Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack Download and Install Vagrant from[https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html]https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html First step is to setup VM. 1 vagrant up Vagrant is configured to apply all usb filters required to access Neural Compute Stick 1 ...
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Xubuntu is my favorite distro, hands down and the default Greybird theme is just wonderful! There used to be a time when I liked Ubuntu-MATE too, but not so much since they took the road to GTK+3! Coming back to the topic, XFCE works great but it has a small usability issue in the default Greybird theme which annoys most ...
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Xubuntu is one of the most popular among the “lighter” distros as it hardly consumes 200MB when idle and even older machines are able to run with acceptable performance. Ubuntu-MATE which is based on MATE Desktop (a GNOME-2 fork) is also a similar competing distro though its debatable whether its as light as Xubuntu in terms of resource consumption. Making ...
Read More »Ubuntu – How do I change my username?
Unix-like operating systems decouple the user name from the user identity, so you may safely change the name without affecting the ID. All permissions, files, etc are tied to your identity (uid), not your username. To manage every aspect of the user database, you use the usermod tool. 1- To change username (it is probably best to do this without ...
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The usual advice you get when seeking a more resource conserving distro is to use a lighter spin-off such as Xubuntu, Lubuntu, or a Debian with Openbox, etc. However, not many people know that even a “heavy” distro such as Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with the default Unity Desktop could be made much lighter by uninstalling some stuff and removing others ...
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