Microsoft has released a new font named Cascadia Code. It is a mono-spaced font just like “Courier New” or “Dejavu Sans Mono” etc. This new font is designed especially for the programmers who have to work with integrated development environments (IDE) like Microsoft Visual Studio. It is a true type font (TTF) and can be Read More …
One of the most interesting features of Windows 10 is WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) which allows the native Linux kernel to run on top of Windows kernel eliminating any need of using virtualization software for running Linux in Windows. Linux shell run this way is much faster and has little memory overhead compared to Read More …
The new version (May 2019 update) of Windows 10 contains a new updated feature called Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) using which you can run Linux applications natively in Windows. It provides a native Linux kernel to be run directly inside Windows. You can also install different Linux distros such as Ubuntu, Kali, Alpine, Debian, Read More …
Having discovered a new feature called Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) in Windows 10 through which you can install Linux bash shell in Windows 10, I went crazy and ended up installing multiple Linux distros through WSL. After installing Kali Linux and Alpine Linux, when I tried to launch bash shell, Windows showed an error Read More …
Microsoft Windows 10 version 1803 and above allows you to install Linux bash shell inside Windows itself. Once installed, you can run bash shell and all the usual bash supported Linux command line tools in Windows. This is much better than running Linux using Virtual Box inside Windows because in this method, there is no Read More …
Microsoft PowerToys are free tools for Windows released mainly for power users. These tools are supposed to enhance the system performance, add the productivity and add new features to the system. Microsoft first released these toys for Windows 95/98, then for Windows XP and a few toys for Windows 7. And now Microsoft has made Read More …
It is now a scientifically proven fact that listening to radio, specially talk radio, can lower your blood pressure, can make you less tense and it can even help you go through everyday work without feeling any pain. And now when thousands of the internet radio stations from all over the world are available, you Read More …
Microsoft introduced .NET framework almost twenty years ago when Windows XP was still the newest operating system from the Redmond Woods giant. In last two decades, .NET framework has undergone so many changes and now the latest version of .NET framework is version 4.8. If you install latest version of Windows 10 on your computer, Read More …
So I wanted to view some important documents that I had saved last year in the XPS file format. I thought Windows 10 already has XPS Viewer built inside it, but to my surprise, I could not open XPS documents in Windows 10 PC. Upon some investigation, I found out that Microsoft has decided to Read More …
Life was much easier in the times of Windows 95/98 and 2000 as you had to enter the license key only during the installation and you had operating system setup for life. But starting with Windows XP, Microsoft introduced activation that had to be done through the internet or over telephone. And now that all Read More …