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Open your Linux folder in Windows Explorer

2 min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Open your Linux folder in Windows Explorer

Did you know it is possible to use the Windows Explorer program and navigate on your Linux filesystem?

An easy way to open your current folder in Windows Explorer is to call the explorer.exe binary.

So, f.i., in your Linux console, open any existing folder like cd ~/repositories/blog and then, just run explorer.exe ..

Opening a RDP connection to the Linux local instance

3 min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Opening a RDP connection to the Linux local instance

https://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-enable-wsl2-ubuntu-gui-and-use-rdp-to-remote https://medium.com/@riley.kao/wsl2-ubuntu20-04-gui-remote-desktop-connection-rdp-2bbd21d2fa71

When WSLg is enabled, it's possible to access to the graphical user interface of your Linux distribution (in my case, it's Ubuntu).

If you don't have xrdp yet, you can install it by running:

sudo apt update && sudo apt -y upgrade
sudo apt-get install -y xrdp

The easiest way to run a PHP script / website

One min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

The easiest way to run a PHP script / website

The situation: you wish to run a piece of standard PHP code (no dependency) like the one below:

<?php

echo "<h2>Incorrect, silent bug</h2>";

print_r(json_decode(utf8_decode("Ipso lorem"), true));

echo "<h2>Incorrect, we got an exception</h2>";

print_r(json_decode(utf8_decode("Ipso lorem"), true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR));

Welcome

One min read
Christophe
Markdown, WSL and Docker lover ~ PHP developer ~ Insatiable curious.

Welcome

I have been wanting to try Docusaurus for a long time, but today I am stuck at home because of storm Ciaran, which is blowing across Belgium this Thursday, November 2, 2023.

Here is my chance to stay behind the computer and play with a green dinosaur!