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Step by step guide to run redis-server inside WSL(Windows Subsystem for Linux) on Windows

I have tried to setup redis as starting background task with wsl-autostart, Task Scheduler and with lot vbs scripts including one described here but none of them seemed to work.

In the end I have manually created a simple one that does the job. This script basically starts a hidden Ubuntu Window and starts redis-server inside it.

Install WSL (this is tested with Ubuntu 18.04 version)
Install redis-server inside WSL sudo apt install redis-server
Add sudo permission to your user to execute service command without password

How to automatically start ssh server on boot on Windows Subsystem for Linux

Microsoft partnered with Canonical to create Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, running through a technology called the Windows Subsystem for Linux. Below are instructions on how to set up the ssh server to run automatically at boot.

Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file by running the command sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config and do the following
1. Change Port to 2222 (or any other port above 1000)
2. Change PasswordAuthentication to yes. This can be changed back to no if ssh keys are setup.
Restart the ssh server:
- sudo service ssh --full-restart
With this setup, the ssh server must be turned on every time you run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows, as by default it is off. Use this command to turn it on:

Converting a Word Document to Markdown in Two Moves

The Problem

A lot of important government documents are created and saved in Microsoft Word (*.docx). But Microsoft Word is a proprietary format, and it's not really useful for presenting documents on the web. So, I wanted to find a way to convert a .docx file into markdown.

The Solution

As it turns out, there are several open-source tools that allow for conversion between file types. Pandoc is one of them, and it's powerful. In fact, pandoc's website says "If you need to convert files from one markup format into another, pandoc is your swiss-army knife." But, although pandoc can convert from markdown into .docx, it doesn't work in the other direction.

1. Clone your fork:

git clone [email protected]:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git

2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream

Office Web Apps Viewer

('.ppt' '.pptx' '.doc', '.docx', '.xls', '.xlsx')

http://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=[OFFICE_FILE_URL]

<iframe src='https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/embed.aspx?src=[OFFICE_FILE_URL]' width='px' height='px' frameborder='0'>
</iframe>

	using System;
	using System.Collections.Generic;
	using System.IO;
	using System.Linq;
	using System.Web;

	/*
	MIT License

	Copyright (c) 2014 Christian Weyer

	######################
	## shadowsocks-libev
	######################

	# install dependencies
	yum install epel-release -y
	yum install gcc gettext autoconf libtool automake make pcre-devel asciidoc xmlto udns-devel libev-devel -y

	# install shadowsocks-libev
	cd /etc/yum.repos.d/

	let hasBlobConstructor = typeof(Blob) !== 'undefined' && (function () {
	try {
	return Boolean(new Blob());
	} catch (e) {
	return false;
	}
	}());

	let hasArrayBufferViewSupport = hasBlobConstructor && typeof(Uint8Array) !== 'undefined' && (function () {
	try {

	<html>
	<body>

	<!-- really dirty! this is just a test drive ;) -->

	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://raw.github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/gh-pages/build/pdf.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	function renderPDF(url, canvasContainer, options) {

	var options = options \|\| { scale: 1 };

	# Batch convert all .ppt/.pptx files encountered in folder and all its subfolders
	# The produced PDF files are stored in the invocation folder
	#
	# Adapted from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16534292/basic-powershell-batch-convert-word-docx-to-pdf
	# Thanks to MFT, takabanana, ComFreek
	#
	# If PowerShell exits with an error, check if unsigned scripts are allowed in your system.
	# You can allow them by calling PowerShell as an Administrator and typing
	# ```
	# Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted