Awesome Lists

• Awesome Donations
  • a list of ways to donate to various FOSS projects
• Awesome BTRFS
  • a list of tools for the BTRFS filesystem
• Awesome Android apps
  • a list of apps I have tested, mostly FOSS

Linux

• Linux
  • customization, setup, explanations, fixes and more
• media scripts
  • scripts using ffmpeg and other tools, to edit audio and video
• USBGuard Setup
  • protect your device from malicious USB devices
  • helps against sniffers, data extractors and more
• KDE Sysinfo CLI
  • kinfo but better
• Fedora KDE minimal install guide
  • install Fedora KDE as minimally as possible
  • useful if you want to make a container image too
• Coreboot HowTo
  • guides on how to install coreboot
  • devices: Thinkpad T430, Chromebooks, Novacustom NV41
• MatLAB Linux install
  • Matlab runs on Linux, but they didnt care about desktop integration at all
  • Here is how to do it
• Eeasy Bash loops
  • bash is cryptic nonsense, so I made a script to autogenerate read-if/else functions for me
• Security Autoshutdown
  • brainstorm how to do something like usbkill
  • this might be better
• fwupd GUI
  • graphical reminders to do firmware updates, without the bloat of GUI software stores
  • uses zenity or kdialog
• Komodoro
  • Experimental replacement for KDEs awesome "Focus" pomodoro timer
  • this one locks the screen until the pause is over
  • for people who prefer to ignore their pomodoro pauses
• Distrobox Autosetup
  • Setup some programs in containers for easy installation
• systemd hold active
  • experiment to temporarily enable a systemd service (like bluetooth and printing) and automatically disable it when closing the window
  • meant for enabling dangerous services, to ensure that they are disabled again
• git clone all
  • clone all git repos of a user

Guides

• Mirror PCs with Syncthing
  • setup, exclude file etc.

Web

• Search Engines
  • a list of search engines for the clear and dark web
• UBlock Origin Allowlist
  • instruction how to setup a "goodness enumerating" filter in UBlock Origin for improved security and privacy
• MullvadVPN Tricks
  • Make the best VPN even better!
• Thunderbird hardening automation
  • use the Thunderbird hardening user.js and change a few configs for regular usage
• Firefox hardened
  • mozconfig to build Firefox with less weird stuff
  • not up to date!
• Weblinks
  • a script to create graphical website links on your desktop
  • Some users seem to find that useful
• Firefox Webapp profile
  • experiment creating a minimalist firefox profile similar to PWAs
  • can be used to spawn apps in separate Windows
• Website language checker
  • iterate through a website, trying common variations like es.example.com or example.com/es
  • create a list of supported website variations
  • used to create search providers for the KDE Plasma desktop

Flatpak

• Flatpak repositories
  • a curated list of Flatpak repositories apart from Flathub, and some tips
• Recommended Flatpak Apps
  • a list of apps following modern standards like portals, Wayland and Pipewire, which makes them good to use in sandboxed environments
• Flatpak trash remover
  • go through all flatpak files and prompt to remove them if the app was deleted
• flatalias
  • make your flatpak apps easy to launch from the terminal
• Don't use Appimages
  • a still pretty accurate rant about this cursed package format
• Flatpak updater
  • systemd service to update flatpak apps intelligently
  • avoids battery drain, metered connections and high CPU loads
• Flatpak permission cleaner
  • remove home and host permissions of flatpaks that have them, and replace them with something more sane
  • mostly security theatre, prefer my recommended apps

Android

• Android Tips
  • debloating
  • verify APKs
  • Install another distro inside Termux