Windows PATH too long

Windows has this PATH environment variable length limit.  Having many applications, SDKs will fill up to the limit very quickly.  I was hoping that Windows 10 would fix this, but seems like it's still there.

One workaround is to use short name for directories.  For example, "C:\Program Files" can be "C:\Progra~1", and "C:\Program Files (x86)" can be "C:\Progra~1".  You can get the short name by issuing DOS command "dir /x".

Another difficulty is that it is not easy to edit the variable -- the dialog box's text field is way too small:

I've been using this utility called "Path Editor" and found it extremely useful:

Use this utility with DOS command "dir /x" to change the path with short names will reduce the PATH variable length.

Run Ubuntu without GUI

Edit grub file:
$ sudo vi /etc/default/grub

change this line:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=

Values:
for GUI, GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
for Text mode, GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"

Then run
$ sudo update-grub


And restart the machine.