by Tom Fenton | Dec 9, 2020 | Linux, Tips, WSL
The other day (TOD) I need to check out the condition of some new HDD and SSD drives I just purchased. As it was a Linux system these are the smartctl commands that I ran. To run this you will need replace DeviceName with the name of the device you want to write (ie...
by Tom Fenton | Jul 17, 2018 | Linux, virtualization and cloud review, Win10, WSL
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) allows you to run Linux distributions on Windows 10 and Windows 2016 systems – but just because you can do something doesn’t necessarily mean you should. While WSL is a great tool to keep in your toolbox, in this article I outline...
by Tom Fenton | Jun 11, 2018 | Linux, virtualization and cloud review, Win10, WSL
Just because you can do something doesn’t mean that you should – but there are definitely reasons using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a good idea, and in this article, I share five of them: great tools, support for many different Linux distributions, ease of...
by Tom Fenton | Sep 20, 2017 | Linux, PowerShell, virtualization and cloud review, WSL
Microsoft Ignite is a must-attend conference for IT professionals as it covers the full spectrum of Microsoft products, and offers insight from both a forward-looking visionary and immediate impact perspective. In this article I wrote prior to attending Ignite 2017, I...