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EFI UUID Change Scenario

Problem:

Windows formatted the EFI partition and thus its UUID changed...

Solution:

Add the UUID of the new partition to the one in your /etc/fstab

• Enter maintenance mode or have a terminal

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sudo fallocate -l 1g /mnt/1GiB.swap OR sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/1GiB.swap bs=1024 count=1048576

sudo chmod 600 /mnt/1GiB.swap

sudo mkswap /mnt/1GiB.swap

sudo swapon /mnt/1GiB.swap

echo '/mnt/1GiB.swap none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab

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#Force loading of the Dell Laptop SMM BIOS hwmon driver
options dell-smm-hwmon ignore_dmi=1 restricted=0 force=1
#Added ignore_dmi=1 per https://www.reddit.com/r/Dell/comments/9pdgid/configuring_the_xps_to_play_nice_with_linux/
#Added force=1 per https://askubuntu.com/questions/1094485/dell-xps-15-9570-how-to-control-the-fans

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Windows Defender exclusions for Visual Studio 2017/Android Studio/VSCode/Flutter

I've tried to strike a balance between performamce and security. I've commented out many of the individual file exceptions, however I also left the commented line for future reference/tweaking if needed. WSL2 only. WSL1 exclusions are different and not included here.

Refrerences (some)

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/android/defender-settings
• https://developer.android.com/studio/intro/studio-config#antivirus-impact
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-antivirus/configure-server-exclusions-microsoft-defender-antivirus

Hyper-V exclusions (Taken from Windows Server 2016/2019 Microsoft Best Practices)