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 Live Demo @ heroku: https://pigallery2.herokuapp.com/ 
  - the demo page **first load** might take up **30s**: the time while the free webservice boots up
 
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 ## Table of contents
 1. [Getting started](#1-getting-started-on-raspberry-pi)
 2. [Translate the page to your own language](#2-translate-the-page-to-your-own-language)
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