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At my workplace, there are times when I need a VPN, and on Windows and MacOS, FortiClient is my default workplace. But since I am using Linux (Ubuntu) with a twist, I decided to install OpenFortiGUI. The OpenFortiGUI official website recommends APT mirror, so I installed it accordingly. However, since Ubuntu 24.04, the way to add APT mirror has been changed from one line format in sources.list to deb822 format. Therefore, we will make some modifications to the official way. ...

When using Vivliostyle on WSL (Ubuntu), you might encounter an error with vivliostyle preview where the browser does not launch. Here’s how to resolve this issue. Environment WSL (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS) Vivliostyle CLI 8.10.0 Vivliostyle Core 2.29.0 Error Details $ vivliostyle preview ✖ launch =launch =Target page, context or browser has been closed Browser logs: <launching> /home/<username>/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-1112/chrome-linux/chrome --disable-field-trial-config --disable-background-networking --enable-features=NetworkService,NetworkServiceInProcess --disable-background-timer-throttling --disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows --disable-back-forward-cache --disable-breakpad --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --disable-component-extensions-with-background-pages --disable-component-update --no-default-browser-check --disable-default-apps --disable-dev-shm-usage --disable-extensions --disable-features=ImprovedCookieControls,LazyFrameLoading,GlobalMediaControls,DestroyProfileOnBrowserClose,MediaRouter,DialMediaRouteProvider,AcceptCHFrame,AutoExpandDetailsElement,CertificateTransparencyComponentUpdater,AvoidUnnecessaryBeforeUnloadCheckSync,Translate,HttpsUpgrades,PaintHolding --allow-pre-commit-input --disable-hang-monitor --disable-ipc-flooding-protection --disable-popup-blocking --disable-prompt-on-repost --disable-renderer-backgrounding --force-color-profile=srgb --metrics-recording-only --no-first-run --enable-automation --password-store=basic --use-mock-keychain --no-service-autorun --export-tagged-pdf --disable-search-engine-choice-screen --no-sandbox --allow-file-access-from-files --disable-web-security --lang=en --user-data-dir=/tmp/playwright_chromiumdev_profile-7QTpYX --remote-debugging-pipe --no-startup-window <launched> pid=1818 [pid=1818] <process did exit =exitCode=127, signal=null> [pid=1818] starting temporary directories cleanup Call log: - <launching> /home/<username>/.cache/ms-playwright/chromium-1112/chrome-linux/chrome --disable-field-trial-config --disable-background-networking --enable-features=NetworkService,NetworkServiceInProcess --disable-background-timer-throttling --disable-backgrounding-occluded-windows --disable-back-forward-cache --disable-breakpad --disable-client-side-phishing-detection --disable-component-extensions-with-background-pages --disable-component-update --no-default-browser-check --disable-default-apps --disable-dev-shm-usage --disable-extensions --disable-features=ImprovedCookieControls,LazyFrameLoading,GlobalMediaControls,DestroyProfileOnBrowserClose,MediaRouter,DialMediaRouteProvider,AcceptCHFrame,AutoExpandDetailsElement,CertificateTransparencyComponentUpdater,AvoidUnnecessaryBeforeUnloadCheckSync,Translate,HttpsUpgrades,PaintHolding --allow-pre-commit-input --disable-hang-monitor --disable-ipc-flooding-protection --disable-popup-blocking --disable-prompt-on-repost --disable-renderer-backgrounding --force-color-profile=srgb --metrics-recording-only --no-first-run --enable-automation --password-store=basic --use-mock-keychain --no-service-autorun --export-tagged-pdf --disable-search-engine-choice-screen --no-sandbox --allow-file-access-from-files --disable-web-security --lang=en --user-data-dir=/tmp/playwright_chromiumdev_profile-7QTpYX --remote-debugging-pipe --no-startup-window - <launched> pid=1818 - [pid=1818] <process did exit =exitCode=127, signal=null> - [pid=1818] starting temporary directories cleanup at <anonymous> (/home/<username>/cirkit-alumni-books/cirkit-connect-vol1/node_modules/@vivliostyle/cli/dist/browser.js:25:34) at launchBrowser (/home/<username>/cirkit-alumni-books/cirkit-connect-vol1/node_modules/@vivliostyle/cli/dist/browser.js:5:36) at <anonymous> (/home/<username>/cirkit-alumni-books/cirkit-connect-vol1/node_modules/@vivliostyle/cli/dist/preview.js:94:12) at openPreview (/home/<username>/cirkit-alumni-books/cirkit-connect-vol1/node_modules/@vivliostyle/cli/dist/preview.js:92:23) at <anonymous> (/home/<username>/cirkit-alumni-books/cirkit-connect-vol1/node_modules/@vivliostyle/cli/dist/preview.js:129:16) If you think this is a bug, please report at https://github.com/vivliostyle/vivliostyle-cli/issues error =script "preview" exited with code 1 Solution Use the ldd command to check for missing dependencies. In this case, it seems that some packages required for the preview browser are missing. Install the packages that show up as not found. ...

How to fix the error ERROR = Can not perform a '--user' install. User site-packages are not visible in this virtualenv. when using Python venv (virtual environment). Open the pyvenv.cfg file in the virtual environment folder. Change include-system-site-packages = false to true. Restart the virtual environment.

By default, SSH configurations for Windows and WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) are handled separately. However, managing different SSH settings for Windows and WSL can be cumbersome. To simplify this, you can unify the SSH configuration by managing it on the Windows side and creating a symbolic link in WSL. Here’s how to share the SSH folder between WSL and Windows: # Replace {username} with your actual username. $ ln -s /mnt/c/Users/{username}/.ssh ~/.ssh By doing this, you can use the SSH folder from Windows within WSL, streamlining your SSH management.