Kamil Mirza kamilmirza

A rewrite of https://gist.github.com/Darkhogg/82a651f40f835196df3b1bd1362f5b8c#file-windows-refind-next-boot-cpp to avoid a compilation step.

Download all files in the same directory
Run in an Administrator PowerShell:

. path/to/RefindNextBoot.ps1
Set-RefindNextBoot Linux

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:

Reboot to {OS}

This a collection of notes and files used in my quest to create "Reboot to Windows" and "Reboot to Linux" scripts (and desktop shortcuts) for Linux and Windows respectively that automatically reboot my system and instruct rEFInd to auto-select the appropriate OS entry.

General Information

The key for achieving this is to modify the EFI Variable PreviousBoot with GUID 36d08fa7-cf0b-42f5-8f14-68df73ed3740, which rEFInd uses to store the last entry selected in the menu and, if using the + default entry, will be used to select the default OS. By doing this, we trick rEFInd into booting the OS we choose without having to be physically there to press the keyboard.

	<#
	.Synopsis

	Automatically finds, runs and places Outlook into the system tray.

	.Description

	Automatically finds, runs and places Outlook into the system tray.
	By default, Outlook will start full-screen even when you have the option to minimize tray enabled and start the app as minimized.

	#SingleInstance Force
	#NoTrayIcon ;If you want the tray icon to be visible; comment this line by adding a semicolon ; in front of the #. Example: ;#NoTrayIcon

	; ALTERNATIVE METHOD: Try the built-in Everything option "hotkey_explorer_path_search"
	; ^^^INFO: https://www.voidtools.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17390#p17390

	EverythingPath := "C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe" ;Set this to your everything.exe path. Keep the quotes.

	;---Optional setup for special folders---
	MyRecycleBin := "Recycle Bin" ;If your OS is not English, go to your explorer's "Recycle Bin" (🚮) folder and change this to the title of that window. Keep the quotes.

	#!/bin/bash

	# Tom Hale, 2016. MIT Licence.
	# Print out 256 colours, with each number printed in its corresponding colour
	# See http://askubuntu.com/questions/821157/print-a-256-color-test-pattern-in-the-terminal/821163#821163

	set -eu # Fail on errors or undeclared variables

	printable_colours=256

	# This xorg configuration file will start a dummy X11 server.
	# move it to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
	# don't forget apt install xserver-xorg-video-dummy;
	# based on https://xpra.org/Xdummy.html

	Section "ServerFlags"
	Option "DontVTSwitch" "true"
	Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
	Option "PciForceNone" "true"
	Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false"

	#!/bin/sh

	# register a subdomain at https://www.duckdns.org/ to get your token
	# put 'hostname:token' in the 'Host Name' field under DDNS
	# e.g. myhost:abcdefgh-1234-5678-9876-f71b0ed7a7fe

	DDNS_HOSTNAME_FIELD=$(nvram get ddns_hostname_x)
	SUBDOMAIN=$(echo "$DDNS_HOSTNAME_FIELD" \| awk -F':' '{print $1}')
	TOKEN=$(echo "$DDNS_HOSTNAME_FIELD" \| awk -F':' '{print $2}')
	IPV4=$(nvram get wan0_ipaddr)

	#!/bin/bash

	if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
	echo "Usage: ./pushover <message> [title]"
	exit
	fi

	MESSAGE=$1
	TITLE=$2