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WSL setup

• Open powershell with admin and run wsl --install
• Enable virtualization in the BIOS if needed
• Open the windows store and install Ubuntu 24
• Run Ubuntu, create your user + password
• Run mkdir dev
• Run explorer.exe . to open an explorer window, create a shortcut of the dev folder and place it in My Documents
• Install Windows Terminal
• Run Windows Terminal, go to Settings and change the Default profile to Ubuntu 24, change the

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CLI best practices

• use the most common flags

  • the help flag : --help | -h | -?

   $ git --help
   usage: git [-v | --version] [-h | --help] [-C <path>] [-c <name>=<value>]
              [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]

[-p | --paginate | -P | --no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -o errexit
set -o pipefail
set -o nounset
# set -o xtrace

APPIMAGE_URL="https://github.com/OpenShot/openshot-qt/releases/download/v3.2.1/OpenShot-v3.2.1-x86_64.AppImage"
APPIMAGE_NAME="OpenShot-v3.2.1-x86_64.AppImage"
ICON_SOURCE="squashfs-root/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/openshot-qt.svg"

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{
  "profiles": {
    "__Default_Settings__": {
      "removeHiddenElements": true,
      "removeUnusedStyles": true,
      "removeUnusedFonts": true,
      "removeFrames": false,
      "blockScripts": true,
      "blockVideos": true,
      "blockAudios": true,

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If you have this error using python3.12

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/__main__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from pip._internal.cli.main import main as _main  # isort:skip # noqa
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_internal/cli/main.py", line 10, in <module>

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sudo apt-get install -y --no-recommends thunar
xdg-mime default thunar.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search 

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pip list --disable-pip-version-check --outdated --format=columns | tail -n +3 | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -n1 pip install -U || true
# explanations : 
# pip list --disable-pip-version-check --outdated --format=columns : print as a column format only the outdated dependencies, and suppress the warning if pip is outdated as it messes up the output
# tail -n +3 : keep only the lines after the first two
# awk '{print $1}' : keep only the first column
# xargs -n1 pip install -U || true : install each dependency, never fails via the || true (to use in a CI or script env)

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flask/gunicorn/apache2 download/upload fails/closes/stops after 30 seconds

Keywords : flask, gunicorn, apache2, send_file, werkzeug, requests, httpx, curl

Errors encountered

• curl: (18) transfer closed with 9895632 bytes remaining to read
• urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: ('Connection broken: IncompleteRead(206700544 bytes read, 789007589 more expected)', IncompleteRead(206700544 bytes read, 789007589 more expected))
• httpcore.RemoteProtocolError: peer closed connection without sending complete message body (received 290521088 bytes, expected 995708133)

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#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -o errexit
set -o pipefail
set -o nounset
# set -o xtrace

if [ -d "${HOME}/.mozilla/firefox" ]; then
    FIREFOX_PROFILES="${HOME}/.mozilla/firefox"
elif [ -d "${HOME}/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox" ]; then
    FIREFOX_PROFILES="${HOME}/snap/firefox/common/.mozilla/firefox"