Microsoft Launched Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) a few years back. So now when you are on a Windows 10 laptop, you also have full access to a Linux terminal on your Windows laptop! It's easy to install and fully compatible with Windows software, even File Explorer. Follow the very detailed blog by Michael Treat.

https://github.com/michaeltreat/Windows-Subsystem-For-Linux-Setup-Guide

• Desktop shortcut for Ubuntu.
  

• Create a shortcut and set "Target" as "\\wsl$\Ubuntu".
  

• Open Ubuntu files using Windows File Explorer.
  

• You can also open Ubuntu text files with the built-in Notepad.

Linux cheatsheet
https://www.cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/linux-command-line/pdf/

https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-nano-text-editor

• Install nano (you may need your password)
  sudo apt-get install nano

• To create a newfile and start typing
  nano newfile.txt ENTER key

• To edit existing file
  nano myfile.txt ENTER key

• Control+s (save), Control+x (exit)

1. Linux command, delete folder and all items inside without yes/no prompts.

   • When you try to delete a folder with many items inside using rm mydir, it will respond with a "yes/no" prompt for each item. This is a pain. Here's how to delete the whole folder without any prompts.
     rm -rf mydir # rf stands for recursive force.

2. Linux command, create alias for C:\mywork folder and save to a permanent bash resource startup file.
   To make the alias persistent you need to declare it in the ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc.

   • Open the ~/.bashrc in your text editor nano:
     nano ~/.bashrc
# alias alias_name="command_to_run"
     Examples:
     alias mywork="cd /mnt/c/mywork" # typing "mywork" changes directory to c:/mywork.
     alias pythonwk="/mnt/c/pythonwk" # typing "cd pythonwk" changes directory to c:/pythonwk.

• Conda Cheatsheet

• In case Github renderer for Jupyter Notebook fails, copy URL to nbviewer online to show the notebook.

  https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/
  https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/WomensCodingCircle/getting-started/blob/master/WSL-Ubuntu/matplotlib-2d-only.ipynb
  https://nbviewer.jupyter.org/github/WomensCodingCircle/getting-started/blob/master/WSL-Ubuntu/matplotlib-3d-projection-v3.ipynb

• Updates to VS Code makes it easier to work with Jupyter Notebooks.
• On a Windows machine, Right-Click .ipynb file, then select "Open In... VS Code"
• Linke to download VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/download
• You get fully interactive Jupyter notebook that look just like the in-browser app.