How to Run Graphical Linux Applications from Windows 10's Bash Shell

Did You Know? Ted Kaczynski, a domestic terrorist who operated in the United States between 1978 and 1995, got his nickname by way of the targets he selected; before his identity was known, the FBI referred to his case as “UNABOM” (short for UNiversity & Airline BOMber), and the media nicknamed him “the Unabomber” as a result. Geek Trivia The Lowest Level Programming Language Is? Objective C → Machine Code → Source Code → Assembly Language → Advertisement Download Security Intelligence: A Practitioner's Guide to Solving Enterprise Security Challenges (a $48.99 value!) Solve enterprise security challenges by translating security goals into sets of security variables. Click here to download Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. How to Increase the Size of Text and Icons on an iPhone How to Disable Haptic Feedback (or “Vibrate on Tap”) in Android How to Run Graphical Linux Desktop Applications from Windows 10’s Bash Shell What to Do (and Not Do) If You Find a Lost Smartphone Why Buying a Smart Fridge Is a Dumb Idea How to Set a Different Wallpaper On Each Monitor In Windows 10 How to Make the Amazon Echo Stop Playing Music After a Certain Amount of Time How to Change Your Mac’s Language and Region Settings How to Protect Your iOS Device with a Stronger, Alphanumeric Password How to Log Out in Windows 8 and 10 How to Make Windows Hibernate More Often (Instead of Sleep) Geek Comic Today's Tech Term Phantom Vibration Syndrome Phantom Vibration Syndrome (a.k.a. Ringxiety and Fauxcellarm) is a phenomenon where an individual believes that their mobile phone is ringing or vibrating against their body when it is actually not doing so. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Pokémon Go's success adds $7.5 billion to Nintendo's market value The smash hit success of the new mobile title has boosted Nintedo's valuation to its highest level in over 30 years--but can they keep the momentum going? [The Verge] HTTPS is not a magic bullet for Web security Some advocates present HTTPS as synonymous with "security"—but this is not semantics. [ArsTechnica] The Surprising History of the Infographic Early iterations saved soldiers' lives, debunked myths about slavery and helped Americans settle the frontier [The Smithsonian] Should Architecture Take Our Microbial Health Into Account? "It's a common misconception that all microbes found in one's home are hazardous to your health." [Popular Science] How to Increase the Size of Text and Icons on an iPhone You can make text larger and more readable on your iPhone or iPad, but you can also increase the size of the app icons, text labels, and user interface elements on your iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, or 6S Plus so it’s easier to use. Read This Article → How to Disable Haptic Feedback (or “Vibrate on Tap”) in Android When you tap certain items in Android, your phone will vibrate just a bit, giving you a little feedback. Sometimes, this is nice—getting that response is a nice acknowledgment that the thing you want to do is about to be done. But maybe you don't like that, which is okay. I support your decision even if I don't agree with it. The good news is that it's easy to disable touch feedback on pretty much all Android devices. Read This Article → How to Run Graphical Linux Desktop Applications from Windows 10’s Bash Shell Windows 10’s Bash shell doesn’t officially support graphical Linux desktop applications. Microsoft says this feature is designed only for developers who want to run Linux terminal utilities. But the underlying “Windows Subsystem for Linux” is more powerful than Microsoft lets on. Read This Article → What to Do (and Not Do) If You Find a Lost Smartphone At some point or another, you might lose your phone. It's always good to know what to do when that happens, but there's another side to that story: what if you're the person who finds a lost phone? You'd be surprised at how many people don't know what to do when they find someone else's phone—and really, there isn't a single "right" answer. But there are a few things to keep in mind to make it easier for that person to get their phone back. Read This Article → Why Buying a Smart Fridge Is a Dumb Idea I saw the “Family Hub” fridge at CES 2016, and was assured by a Samsung representative that it wasn’t a joke. It is a serious product you can now buy in stores, but it probably shouldn’t be. Read This Article → How to Set a Different Wallpaper On Each Monitor In Windows 10 Setting a unique background on each of your multiple monitors was a simple trick in Windows 8, but the menu is buried to the point of being invisible in Windows 10. But it’s still there, if you know where to look. Read This Article → How to Make the Amazon Echo Stop Playing Music After a Certain Amount of Time Whether you like to listen to music while you fall asleep or just don’t want to be bothered manually turning it off when you’re done, the Amazon Echo has a built-in “sleep timer” function that will turn your music off automatically. Read This Article → How to Change Your Mac’s Language and Region Settings If you want to use your Mac in a different language, or you’re live in a different region, then you can change it in OS X. When you do, it’ll display everything in your preferred language, currency, date format, and more. Read This Article → How to Protect Your iOS Device with a Stronger, Alphanumeric Password When you set up an iOS device running iOS 9, you are prompted for a six-digit passcode. However, you may not know that you can use a stronger alphanumeric password–one that uses letters and numbers–on your iOS devices. We'll show you how. Read This Article → How to Log Out in Windows 8 and 10 It may seem rudimentary, but if you’re new to Windows–or just upgrading from Windows 7–the simple option to sign out of your account is a bit hidden in Windows 8 and 10. And even we geeks can be baffled at times, especially when Microsoft decides to hide common features away in new places. You can still sign out of Windows from the Start menu; it’s just not part of the Power options any more. Read This Article → How to Make Windows Hibernate More Often (Instead of Sleep) By default, Windows will automatically put your PC to sleep after several minutes of inactivity, or when you close the lid. It will hibernate your computer a certain number of minutes later, but if you’d rather it hibernate more often, the settings are a bit tricky to find. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Security Intelligence: A Practitioner's Guide to Solving Enterprise Security Challenges (a $48.99 value!) Solve enterprise security challenges by translating security goals into sets of security variables. Click here to download