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CyanogenMod Is Dead, and Its Successor is Lineage OS
CyanogenMod was the biggest, most widely used custom Android ROM. Now, it has been discontinued, due in part to internal conflicts within Cyanogen Inc. Don’t worry, though: A new fork of CyanogenMod called Lineage OS is taking up the mantle, and it will keep most of...
Windows 10 Installation Guide
Prerequisites Your PC must be running a 64-bit version of Windows 10 Anniversary Update or later (build 1607+). To find your PC's architecture and Windows build number, open Settings > System > About Look for the OS Build and System Type fields. Install the...
How to Access Your Ubuntu Bash Files in Windows (and Your Windows System Drive in Bash)
Windows 10’s “Bash on Ubuntu on Windows” environment contains a few different components. The first time you run the bash.exe program, it will download and install an entire Ubuntu user space environment. You can access these files in File Explorer or other Windows...
How to Install and Use the Linux Bash Shell on Windows 10
Windows 10’s Anniversary Update offers a big new feature for developers: A full, Ubuntu-based Bash shell that can run Linux software directly on Windows. This is made possible by the new “Windows Subsystem for Linux” Microsoft is adding to Windows 10. What You Need to...
HP Elitebook 8440p Updated to Windows 10, now touch pad doesn’t work
Open regedit.exe and find the key: "DeleteUserSettingsOnUpgrade" in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTP\Install" and change its value to zero. Now change your preferences in Synaptics settings and verify whether they persist after reboot.
WordPress: How to deactivate all plugins when not able to access the administrative menus?
Sometimes it may be necessary to deactivate all plugins, but you can't access the administrative menus to do so. One of two methods are available to deactivate all plugins. Use phpMyAdmin to deactivate all plugins. In the table wp_options, under the option_name column...