P. Sinha pnsinha

FASIC

Fast and Automatic Software Install and Configuration (on Windows)

Need

Install my common apps on Windows as fast as possible and mostly automatically, after a reimaging or reset of my OS. Also change some settings on Windows, like disabling the bing search in the start menu.

How it works?

This PowerShell script uses Microsoft Store and winget to download and install a list of application, configured at the top of the file.

I Don't Need Port Forwarding and Don't Care About CGNAT

This was rewritten 2022-11-30

This article is for users that want all these features:

To connect to home network from anywhere
Can connect without any port forwarding; either by choice or internet provider can't or won't provide access
No setup or configuration or installation on client machine
No enrolment / registration required

By default on Windows, conda saves new virtual environments to your C:/Users/<your username>/AppData/Local/conda/conda. (AppData is hidden by default, but you can see it in File Explorer by checking View > Hidden Items.)

conda environments can get pretty big, so if you're running low on hard disk space and have another drive mounted, you can easily move your environment to a directory on the other drive and create a symbolic link to the new location. This way, conda will look in its regular path for the environment and will find it just fine, despite the actual files having been moved elsewhere.

Let's say we want to move the environments to a separate drive, mounted as D:\. We'll put everything in D:\<your username>.

Open up Command Prompt, and then enter:

# First, move all the contents of your environments directory over to the new location:

WSL 2 Cisco AnyConnect Networking Workaround

Overview

WSL 2 uses a Hyper-V Virtual Network adapter. Network connectivity works without any issue when a VPN is not in use. However when a Cisco AnyConnect VPN session is established Firewall Rules and Routes are added which breaks connectivity within the WSL 2 VM. This issue is tracked WSL/issues/4277

Below outline steps to automatically configure the Interface metric on VPN connect and update DNS settings (/etc/resolv.conf) on connect/disconnect.

Manual Configuration

Set Interface Metrics

set http or socks proxy environment variables

# set http proxy
export http_proxy=http://PROXYHOST:PROXYPORT

# set http proxy with user and password
export http_proxy=http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@PROXYHOST:PROXYPORT

# set http proxy with user and password (with special characters)

1.) Download a Nerd Font

2.) Unzip and copy to ~/.fonts

3.) Run the command fc-cache -fv to manually rebuild the font cache

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	# @NickCraver https://gist.github.com/NickCraver/7ebf9efbfd0c3eab72e9


	$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
	Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force;

	#Set-WindowsExplorerOptions -EnableShowHiddenFilesFoldersDrives -EnableShowProtectedOSFiles -EnableShowFileExtensions
	# Set-TaskbarOptions -Size Small -Dock Bottom -Combine Full -Lock

	name: CI

	on:
	push:
	branches:
	- main
	pull_request:
	branches:
	- main

	# Place this in your .bashrc
	# Covers several corner cases such as nested apostrophes, history extraction in screens/subshells, Slack being down, etc.
	# Strings to replace with your own credentials:
	## {your email address} (1 instance)
	## {slack webhook url} (1 instance) (see guide below)
	## {your computer name} (2 instances)

	# How to set up a Slack webhook (as of Jul 2019):
	## Go here: https://api.slack.com/apps?new_app=1.
	## Click “incoming webhooks” and turn the slider on