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Metro not starting automatically on Ubuntu
Expected behaviour: Should launch Metro and an Android emulator but Metro is not launched. Manually launching metro works:
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No Internet access in WSL
Windows might generate a /etc/resolv.conf with an incorrect nameserver while installing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). It’s a quick fix – edit /etc/resolv.conf and change the nameserver (Google’s is 8.8.8.8). To prevent it being overwritten, create or edit /etc/wsl.conf adding the option generateResolvConf = false.
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Windows Store missing
Windows Store is never installed when I do a clean install of Windows 11. No idea why. The easiest solution is to run Xbox, and you’ll see: Click “Fix them in settings”: Install Microsoft Store.
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Linux on Acer V3-112p
It’s an old Windows 8 laptop I’ve had years with a modest 2.16 GHz N2840 processor and the maximum 8 Gb RAM. It’s like Ship of Theseus, having had memory, battery, screen, and hard drive replaced. It is however ridiculously small and light.
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There are two types of people
Those that flatten and those that ball-up.
