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Upgrading from Kubuntu 18.04 (Bionic) to Debian 10 (Buster) using Arch

The following describes how you can upgrade a running Kubuntu 18.04 to Debian 10 without having to format the root partition (which usually also contains /home).

This might sounds complicated at first, but it really isn't. Note that this is using Arch because why not, but you only need a distro on a bootable drive which is not the one being upgraded; Ubuntu or Debian would work as well.

Also, obviously:

• only a fool would try that without proper backups;
• this comes with no guarantee of any kind (if it breaks and you lose all your data, it's your own fault).

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Using GitHub with read/write access, on Debian / Ubuntu, behind a NTLM proxy

This gist is accessible using:

• this short URL: https://frama.link/github_ntlm
• this QR code: qrcode

Accessing the Internet, on Linux, behind a NTLM proxy

Most tools don't know how to pass a NTLM proxy, but do know how to pass an HTTP proxy.

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Installing VEP on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver

sudo apt install unzip curl git libmodule-build-perl libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl build-essential zlib1g-dev
git clone https://github.com/Ensembl/ensembl-vep.git
cd ensembl-vep
./INSTALL.pl -a a

This will only build and install the base VEP and its dependencies. See the documentation (search for --AUTO and --PLUGINS) for the flags needed for additional content.

mdonkers

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
License: MIT License
Copyright (c) 2023 Miel Donkers

Very simple HTTP server in python for logging requests
Usage::
    ./server.py [<port>]
"""
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer

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#! /usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import os
import sys

_num2char = [
    '0+   ',
    '1    ',
    '2ABC ',