Installing custom fonts in R
Posted 3rd July 2026
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Add your own custom fonts to an installation of R on Windows or Linux.
Using 1Password SSH Keys with Git in RStudio on Windows
Posted 4th June 2026
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Getting RStudio to authenticate Git operations via 1Password-managed SSH keys on Windows requires three small but non-obvious fixes: pointing Git at the Windows OpenSSH client, correcting RStudio’s HOME directory, and explicitly configuring SSH-based commit signing.
Setting up SSH keys in 1Password for WSL2
Posted 27th May 2026
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Use the 1Password password manager to store your SSH keys to enable SSH access to GitHub and other servers that you work on in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2).
Setting up SSH keys in 1Password for Windows
Posted 25th May 2026
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Use the 1Password password manager to store your SSH keys to enable SSH access to GitHub and other servers that you work on.
Accessing remote Linux GUI apps from Windows 11
Posted 4th May 2026
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The use of an X server permits the execution of graphical user interface (GUI) apps on one machine whilst being displayed on another. Here’s a guide to setting this up from Windows 11.
Transfer data between different WSL instances
Posted 9th September 2025
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Easily transfer data between Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) distros installed on a single machine.
Back-up and restore a Linux distro in WSL2
Posted 27th August 2025
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If you need to upgrade a Windows machine, set-up a new PC or restore a broken system, there’s a fairly straightforward method for backing-up and restoring WSL distros.
Installing RStudio in WSL2
Posted 22nd July 2024
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Installing RStudio within the Windows Subsystem for Linux was not as simple as expected, once I started installing packages in R. Here’s my procedure for getting it all to work seamlessly.
Create a new Python environment on Linux
Posted 29th October 2023
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Easy steps for creating new Python environments in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).
Jupyter Notebook in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)
Posted 24th October 2023
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Here’s a procedure for enabling Jupyter Notebooks to run on a Windows brower from a Linux environment on the same machine.