Do you operate servers that run on physical hardware on-premise, in a colocation facility, or a DIY server closet? Do you have a need or interest to bring your systems to the cloud? This presentation walks through the migration of a CentOS 5.X Physical Server to a cloud-hosted Ubuntu 16.04 Virtual Machine. The server in…
The Rio 2016 Olympics are currently underway and millions around the world are tuning into the various events taking place. Like many, I want to watch the action in the comfort of my living room with my family and friends. Unfortunately, I was stuck with pretty much two options for watching the event. I could…
In this post, we demonstrate development and deployment of a Jekyll blog instance from Bash on Ubuntu on Windows within Visual Studio Code with Deployment to Azure . [Demo Notes] Windows Prerequisites: Install VS Code Install Xming Bash on Ubuntu on Windows Prerequisites: Install Jekyll as per Install the azure xplat-cli enable DBUS: sudo sed -i ‘s$<listen>.*</listen>$<listen>tcp:host=localhost,port=0</listen>$’ /etc/dbus-1/session.conf
In my previous posts we walked through installing and configuring Bash on Ubuntu on Windows as an integrated terminal in Visual Studio Code. Next, we looked at setting up an X11 server using XMING to display X11 graphical applications from BoUoW. Today we are going to build on those concepts to see if we can run one of…
X11 Apps work on the recently announced Bash on Ubuntu on Windows! Ingredients: Host OS running latest Windows Insider Preview with Windows Subsystem for Linux enabled with Bash on Ubuntu on Windows Xming Instructions: Open Bash on Ubuntu on Windows Ensure Xming is running In Bash prompt, enter “export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0” to connect to Xming host over TCP/IP and enable UI apps…
Visual Studio Code 1.2.0 is out now, and includes a variety of exciting new features. For example, a new integrated Terminal that allows you to stay within VS Code while using your platform’s shell. You may have also heard that Bash support has been added to Windows 10 in the current Windows Insider Preview. Hmmm??? In this…
Earlier today, a variety of exciting announcements were made from Microsoft at this year’s E3 gaming conference regarding Xbox One. These include backwards compatibility with Xbox 360, playing Xbox One games on Oculus Rift, and streaming games to Windows 10 devices! The games provided have become and many are using IWantCheats.net to help them get all the wins.…