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How many times have you downloaded a file but dared not run it because of the virus? You want to install a virtual machine but don’t want to install VMWare or Hyper V. Since Windows 10 build 18305, Microsoft has integrated Windows Sandbox to create a virtual test environment for users.

This feature has the basic function of virtual machine. Applications installed and running on Windows Sandbox will not affect the hard drive nor the operation of Windows. Windows Sandbox can check for active applications that interfere with and disrupt the operation of the operating system. This helps protect you, and makes the decision whether to run in the real operating system. Besides, help you enhance information protection when surfing the web.

Common examples is when you download Keygen or Path from the Internet. You just need to Copy the Keygen into the SandBox to get the Key and then turn off the SandBox. If Keygen has a virus attached, Windows will not be affected

Windows Sandbox has the following basic features:

• As part of Windows: has all the basic features of Windows 10 Pro and Enterprise. You do not need to use additional VHD.
• Pristine: Windows Sandbox works independently of the operating system. You have one more virtual Windows 10 in the real Windows 10.
• Single use: when closing the app in Sanbbox everything is wiped clean.
• Doesn’t take up a lot of resources: hardware-based virtualization for kernel isolation, Microsoft-based hypervisor to run a separate kernel, isolating Windows Sandbox from the real machine.
• Effective: integrated kernel, intelligent memory management and virtual GPU.

Configuration required to be able to use Windows Sandbox

• Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise Insider build 18305 or later
• AMD64 . Architecture
• Virtualization enabled in BIOS
• At least 4GB RAM (8GB recommended)
• At least 1 GB of free disk space (SSD recommended)
• At least 2 CPU cores (4 cores recommended with hyperthreading)

How to enable the SandBox feature to create a test environment on Windows 10

To check your BIOS is eligible to use udjng Windows SandBox, you need to open Task Manager up (Ctrl+Shift+Esc). Select tab Performance. You look below if you see Virtualization: Enabled Windows has support. If disabled, please open in BIOS.

The next step, you open the Control Panel (instruct) > Programs > Turn Windows Features On or Off. Scroll down check enter Windows Sandbox. Select OK and restart Windows

After restarting Windows, click on the . button Start (or the Windows key on the keyboard) type Sandbox, and click on the Sandbox icon to launch. You may be required to enter Administrator rights to operate.

Now, you Copy the files suspected to be Viruses, or the software you want to test into SandBox’s virtual machine and run them. If there is a virus, the real Windows will not be infected. In that case you just need to restart the SandBox and everything will be restored to the way it was.

You can see more details at Microsoft. Or you can use Sandboxie to create a second SandBox environment.

Sandbox is a container, often used to test software before it is put to use on a real machine. Sandbox can be understood as a miniature virtual machine. Before installing or running a program that you suspect is a virus, you can run that program in the Sandbox first for testing. And Sandboxie software will help you create that Sandbox environment.

What is a Sandbox environment?

Sandboxes are often built into Antivirus programs. But if you don’t have Antivirus installed, you can use Sandboxie. With 3 main features:

• Keep your Windows system safe.
• Eliminate Web surfing traces, or program startup logs.
• Perform software testing (even high risks of viruses, trojans, malware, etc.).

Although conceptually similar to “software freezes”but in fact, there is a big difference between these 2 software: “software freezes” is to protect the entire system, while Sandboxie protect a small part of the system. Sandbox is more convenient and effective when it comes to testing. In other words, Sandboxie is to make a program rather than the entire operating system) run in a “sandbox”. In particular, this software also allows users to protect the entire system, just like using “software freezes”.

Currently there are 4 types High Integrity Protective Systems common (High integrity protection system). Applications that function like Sandbox. Listed by total rating (inauthoritative): DefenseWall, GeSWall, BUFFERZONE and Sandboxie, respectively. Among them, Sandboxie is one of the most popular software. GeSWall is only slightly worse in system resource consumption than DefenseWall.

Features of Sandboxie

Sandboxie uses isolation technology to separate programs from the operating system. Prevent unwanted changes to your personal data, applications on the hard drive.

Browsing

Protect your web browser and block malware and viruses. Threats = 0, by isolating attacks in Sandbox.

Email

Run your favorite email program in Sandboxie so you never have to worry about suspicious attachments or phishing attacks.

Data Protection

Prevent websites and internet programs from modifying your personal data.

Application testing

Safely inspect and test the software before putting it into use. Sandboxie will prevent unauthorized changes to your system.

• Support Windows 7 to 10
• Old OS like Windows XP
• Available in both 32 and 64 bit versions
• All major web browsers; Chrome; FireFox; CyberFox; Opera; IE 6-11 and up
• Microsoft Office Suite, PDF and multimedia files.
• Stay up to date with the latest version updates for free.
• Requires less than 6mb of hard drive space with simple installation

Download Sandboxie 5.31.4 Full

Download Sandboxie 5.31.4 Full Active

Instructions for installing Sandboxie Full

1. Download and install Sandboxie, stop at step “Driver Installation“.
2. Copy the file (SbieDrv.sys) to the installed directory.
3. Continue the installation until it’s done
4. Run the activator file, SET correct path in the “Sandboxie Path” section.
5. Enter the correct “Version” and “Syscode” (by pressing the GET button to obtain the correct values)
6. Click “Activate”

How to use Sandboxie 5.31.4

Like other languages, Python can load, store, and resolve packages. Creating a virtual Python environment will allow you to work on a separate copy of Python (environment) for each specific project without interfering or affecting the operation of other projects.

These Python environments can easily be hosted on a VPS or dedicated server for user support. It will benefit different team members working on the same project.

Why need a Python virtual environment on Windows?

A virtual environment is a tool that provides you with different Python version settings for each project. All Python projects will use the same directory to store and retrieve site-packages. That’s why I need a virtual environment because Python can’t distinguish between different versions in the same site-packages directory. To work around this issue, you can create different virtual Python environments for each project. There is no limit to the number of virtual environments you can create in the same system.

You can use a module called virtual environment or venv to create a unique environment for each project. You can also customize the necessary environment settings for your project. Venv does not modify Python’s default system settings or its modules. Venv will create a directory containing the executables needed to use the Python packages required by the project.

Condition

If you want to use venv functionality on Windows 10. You need to enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to allow you to run a Linux distribution in Windows 10.

Since most of the Python information is for the Linux environment. Most developers use Linux installation tools. So with WSL, Python will be more easily compatible with the environment and developers.

How to enable WSL on Windows 10

Step 1: Click on the Start Menu and search for “Turn Windows features on or off”.

Step 2: Click on the first result.

Step 3: Scroll down and select the option “Windows Subsystem for Linux”.

Step 4: Restart the system to apply the changes.

Installing Linux Distros

You can learn the versions Linux is available and install them. But in this article, I will use the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS distribution because of its frequent updates, large support community, and complete documentation for newbies.

Step 1: Setting Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from the Microsoft Store.

Step 2: After downloading, you need to open Ubuntu from the Store or Start menu.

Step 3: The first time you open Ubuntu, it will ask you to create a username and password.

Step 4: Update the system with the command below:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

If the above command does not work, you must update and upgrade the operating system manually.

Now you need to use PowerShell to install the distro and navigate to the folder containing the newly downloaded Linux distro (app_name.appx) and run the command below.

Add-AppxPackage .\app_name.appx

Add distro path to Windows environment

You need to use PowerShell to install more paths.

$userenv = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "User")

Eg:

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", $userenv + ";C:\Users\Admin\Ubuntu", "User")

Open a new distro session

After declaring the newly installed distribution, you must launch a new session. You can launch it from the Ubuntu shortcut available on the Start Menu. It will then be stored locally on your system and ready to use. For Windows server users, launch the Linux distribution’s executable file stored in the distribution’s installation directory.

Environment setting

You need to set up a Python virtual environment on Windows 10 by performing the steps below:

• You must have a compatible version of Python installed.
• Then install Pip.
• Install virtual environment.
• Finally install VirtualEnvWrapper-win.

Install Python

You should install the latest and up-to-date Python version to set up the environment. So I will install Python version 3.8.0. You can also use Python 3.9 Please.

Install PIP

Usually, PIP comes pre-installed in Python3. If you cannot find the PIP, you can install it manually using the command below.

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py

After installing the get-pip.py file, you can save it to your desktop. Then navigate to the desktop and use the admin account to run the file.

python3 get-pip.py
cd Desktop
Python get-pip.py

Install and create a virtual environment

The venv module comes with the standard libraries if you are using Python 3 or you can also install it manually using the command below.

$ pip install virtualenv

After installation you can test virtualenv with below command.

$ virtualenv --version

Now we will create virtual environment (my_project) for the project using below command. A directory (my_project) will be created with all the executables required to use the installed packages.

$ virtualenv my_project

The directory will have the same file structure as above.

To use the Python 3 compiler, you can run the command below.

virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 my_project

Then access the newly created project folder with the command below.

cd my_project

You have to activate virtual environment (my_project) using above file structure activation script using below command.

$ source my_project/bin/activate
(my_project) $

If it says my_project or shows the name of your project, the virtual environment is active.

Install VirtualEnvWrapper-win

Virtual environments can solve the package management problem to some extent but will come with some hassle in managing the environment, you can solve that by using virtualenvwrapper tool.

• It helps you organize and manage virtual environments in one location.
• It allows you to create, delete and clone environments.
• You can also switch between different environments.

You can install the wrapper using the commands below.

Using pips:

pip install virtualenvwrapper-win

Using git:

git clone git://github.com/davidmarble/virtualenvwrapper-win.git

You can check the location of the wrapper script with the command below.

$ which virtualenvwrapper.sh

Once it is installed and verified, you can navigate to that directory and run the command below.

python setup.py install  

After this command, the Python virtual environment is available.

Deactivate the virtual environment

If you do not want to continue with the virtual environment, you can deactivate it with the command below.

(my_project) $ deactivate

Conclusion

This article showed how you can install a Linux distribution on Windows 10. Even if you are using Windows 10, you should install the Linux distribution to set up a Python virtual environment and take advantage of the functionalities. that it has.

It gives you a better environment and security to install packages and modules. You will know how to install Python, pip and start and activate the virtual environment along with the file structure.

Have you tried many desktop environments (Desktop Environment) but none suits your taste? Or maybe you like some components of DE and don’t like others. Then you should build your own Desktop Environment.

How to Build a Desktop Environment

You can easily build a desktop environment by assembling various components of an existing DE and other standalone programs. It is better to know the general components of the DE before building the environment, but this is not necessary. Here, I will show you how to build your own desktop environment.

Step 1: Create a Session Bash script

To create a desktop environment, you need to at least create a window manager. In this article, I will use kwin window manager. But you can use any window manager you want.

To install kwin on Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based systems, enter the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt install kwin --no-install-recommends

Without the –no-install-suggest option, apt will install the entire kde desktop environment.

In addition to the window manager, we also need to add the dock. To install it, type:

sudo apt install plank

Now let’s create the bash script session. If you don’t know, bash script is a regular text file in which you enter command lines. When the file is executed, it will initialize the commands contained in it line by line, saving you from having to type each command in the terminal yourself.

Our script will contain the programs that the DE will have. We will put the script in the /bin directory. So, open terminal and navigate to /bin by typing the following command:

cd /bin

Then create the script with the following command (we’ll call it custom_de.sh):

sudo touch custom_de.sh

Open the file as root with your text editor, e.g. nano

sudo nano custom_de.sh

You can replace nano with any text editor like gedit or xed.

Then put the following line at the top of the script.

#!/bin/bash

This line tells terminal to execute this script using bash.

Next, enter the command of the program you want using the window manager (in this case, kwin).

kwin &
plank

The ampersand (&) after a command causes it to run in the background so that the next command is executed without waiting for the previous command to complete. We need to do this because the programs that create the desktop environment need to run at the same time.

This script represents the desktop session, as long as this script is running the session will continue to run. Once this script is disabled the session will exit and you will be directed to the login screen as if you were logged out.

That’s why it’s important not to put an ampersand (&) after the last command. If this happens and the last command is sent to the background, the script will exit and the session will exit as soon as it starts.

After saving the script, give it execute permission by entering the following command:

sudo chmod +x custom_de.sh

Step 2: Create a screen file

To display our custom screen during login, we have to create a .desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions, which will point to the script. To navigate to that directory, enter the following command:

cd /usr/share/xsessions

Then create the file and open it with the command:

sudo touch custom_de.desktop
sudo nano custom_de.desktop

Inside the file write the following lines:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Custom DE
Comment=My awesome desktop environment
Exec=/bin/custom_de.sh
Type=Application

For Exec=, enter the location of the script you created earlier.

Step 3: Launch the custom Desktop Environment

To launch your desktop environment, perform the following steps:

1. Log out
2. Find a list of installed desktop environments
3. Select the newly created desktop environment
4. Re-login

To exit this session, kill the last program in your session script with the pkill command:

pkill plank

Make your desktop environment more complete

You have successfully created your desktop environment.

But it still lacks some components. It’s time to add backgrounds and panels.

There are many ways to set the wallpaper but the best choice is Komorebi, which gives you the ability to set a video as wallpaper and it also displays icons on the desktop.

To install komorebi, download the installation package from GitHub repositoryinstall and run it.

For the console, I will use the lxqt console:

sudo apt install lxqt-panel

Don’t forget to put the lxqt-panel and komorebi commands in the session script, followed by an ampersand (&). Use full path for komorebi command (/System/Applications/komorebi).

You can also add Ulauncher, a useful app launcher. This will make the desktop experience more complete:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:agornostal/ulauncher && sudo apt update && sudo apt install ulauncher

You can add as many programs as you want, customizing the display to suit your needs. You should also consider adding a notification manager.

How to set GTK and Icon Themes

In other desktop environments, you can change the GTK and icon theme using a GUI utility like gnome-tweak or other Themes. In our case, we don’t have these utilities, but don’t worry because you can also change the theme from the terminal using the gsettings command.

For the setting to take effect, dbus must be running.

Dbus uses dbus-launcher. Just add bash dbus-launcher at the top of your script.

Next, exit the session and log back in. To get the currently applied GTK theme:

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme

For example, to set the GTK theme to the Canta theme, type:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme Canta

The theme you are going to install must be in the folder /usr/share/themes. The theme name is its folder name.

In addition, you can also see 5 more tips to decorate the Terminal interface here.

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