Vim E45 Readonly: Save with sudo tee Without Losing Your Work
How to save a read-only file in Vim with sudo tee, handle the W12 reload warning, and avoid losing a long configuration file.
Windows
Upgrade WSL Ubuntu In-Place Without Losing Data
How to upgrade an existing Ubuntu-24.04 WSL instance to Ubuntu 26.04 in place while keeping its files, packages, configuration, and project data.
PowerShell Is Denied in Tabby
How I fixed pwsh.exe returning Access is denied inside the Tabby terminal after installing PowerShell Preview on Windows.
How to Detect If a Host Is Windows or Linux
Use ping, PowerShell, Windows built-in tools, WinRM, CIM, and SSH to determine whether a remote host is running Windows or Linux.
Windows Scheduled Tasks vs Linux Cron Jobs
A practical comparison of Windows Task Scheduler and Linux cron jobs, including pros, cons, examples, and what each scheduler can and cannot do well.
WSL Cron to Task Scheduler: Trigger Windows Tasks
How to use cron inside WSL to trigger Windows scheduled tasks on the local computer and remote Windows servers, and how to start and keep WSL alive after boot.
Deploy with PowerShell Scheduled Tasks: Local and Remote
How to create scheduled tasks with PowerShell and use them to deploy scripts, copy files, run Robocopy, install MSI packages, and start BAT files on local or remote Windows computers.
WSL Cron to PowerShell: Copy Files, Restart Services
How to run PowerShell from a WSL cron job to copy files between Windows and WSL, run Windows scripts, restart WSL services such as Hugo, and restart Windows services such as IIS.
Fix VS Code WSL Server 404
How to fix VS Code Remote WSL failing to download the VS Code Server with HTTP 404 after an update, and why WSL can still work from the command line.
Fix Task Scheduler Error 2147750687
How to troubleshoot Windows Task Scheduler Event ID 101 with error value 2147750687, why it usually means another instance is already running, and how to fix overlapping or stuck scheduled tasks.