Linux

Question 1

how to update and upgrade packages to the latest versions of everything

Answer 1

sudo apt-get update
and then:
sudo apt-get upgrade

Question 2

how to get to windows desktop

Answer 2

cd /mnt/c/users/mike/desktop

Question 3

how to create an alias to windows home directory?

Answer 3

$cd (get back to linux)

$ nano ~/.bashrc (~ means ‘home directory’)

add under esac:
alias winhome = ‘cd /mnt/c/users/mike/desktop’

$ source ~/.bashrc (sources file for changes to take effect)

now you can just use $winhome to get to where you wanna be…

Question 4

how to access linux/bash from cmd?

Answer 4

in cmd:
bash

to exit:
exit