Once you've set up dual-booting, when you start (or restart) your computer, you get to select which operating system you want to use. If you have both Linux and Windows installed, you'll be presented ...

Technically, you can move files around in a Linux-Windows dual boot system, but it’s not optimal. You see, Windows 11 (and 10) uses the NTFS file system while Linux can use EXT4, BTRFS, ZFS, and ...

The biggest challenge for users migrating from Windows to Linux is the software availability. While many popular Windows apps ...

Windows doesn’t provide easy access to Linux file systems. Most Linux distributions use the ext4 file system, so you’ll need a third-party utility that supports ext4 file systems on Windows if ...

Unfortunately, Windows did not have support for these Linux file systems—until now. Paragon Software now sells Linux File Systems for Windows (see figure) for under $20/system.

Note that Windows host files are formatted like the /etc/hosts file on Linux systems — IP address, white space and host name. Comments are prefaced with pound signs. # Linux systems 192.168.0.18 ...

You can access Windows Subsystem for Linux files using Explorer on Windows 11/10. Open Explorer from WSL Terminal or launch the root from Explorer.

In this updated version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, it's also possible to attach and mount a drive to access Linux file systems not supported on Windows 11. The process to mount a drive is ...

Earlier this year Microsoft shared its plans to integrate a full Linux kernel in Windows 10 — now it’s introducing Linux file access into the File Explorer. Users have been able to access ...

There can be two files in the same directory with the same name in Linux. In Windows, users cannot have two files in the same folder with the exact same name. In Microsoft Windows, program and system ...