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diff --git a/org/linux-room.org b/org/linux-room.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f233053 --- /dev/null +++ b/org/linux-room.org @@ -0,0 +1,440 @@ +#+SETUPFILE: ../org-templates/level-1.org +#+TITLE: Linux Room +#+BACKGROUND_IMAGE: images/linux_background.png +#+SHITTYWEB_HEADER: <img src="images/flying_tux.gif" alt="Tux the penguin flying"/> + +* Why linux + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: why-linux + :END: +I have always liked being able to customize, mod, and poke inside +different things. Computers are machines for us to play around with and +use how we see fit yet the only thing the big tech companies want to do +it lock everything up and it disgusts me. Fuck google, fuck microsoft, +fuck apple, and fuck all the other evil tech companies!!! Its time for +the open source revolution and seize them all and open source the entire +world!!! Without linux or any other unix life would be much much worse. +Linux is my safe place from all the shit in the world. + +[[file:images/windows_kills_kittens.jpg]] + +* Distros + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: distros + :END: +I will distro hop a bit though for the most part I like to stay with the +same distro and just change DE's or WM's. For the longest time I just +switched to a different fedora spin every so often. Now I use arch +because I got tired of fedora and couldnt find a distro I liked so I +switched to arch to make it feel the way I want. + +** Guides + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: distro-guides + :END: ++ [[file:distro-guides/arch.org][Arch (my daily driver)]] ++ [[file:distro-guides/xfce.org][Xfce DE]] ++ [[file:distro-guides/fedora.org][Fedora xfce (my old daily driver)]] + +** Cool distros + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: distro-list + :END: +/Not including the guides/ + ++ [[https://antixlinux.com][AntiX]] ++ [[https://mxlinux.org][MXLinux]] ++ [[https://salixos.org][SalixOS]] ++ [[https://www.adelielinux.org][Adelie]] + +* GUI apps + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: gui + :END: +A lot of linux users dont like GUI apps. I think they are great +[[https://digdeeper.club/articles/design.xhtml][when they are done right]]. + +** Claws mail + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: claws + :END: +I have used thunderbird in the past though like I said before +[[https://digdeeper.club/articles/mozilla.xhtml][mozilla is evil as fuck]]. +Through the power of actually following the unix philosophy and +not being full of javascript bullshit claws is about the safest email +client out there. Gone are the days of just clicking a email being +enough to fuck you over. Anyways you likely noticed that claws just +displays everything in plain text. I like using the dillo plugin for a +nicer view, and guess what? Still no shitty javascript that can get you +fucked! + +** Emacs + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: emacs + :END: +*Don't use emacs. Its stupido.*\\ +\\ +That is and will always be true but lately as of writing this I been bit +by the emacs bug. Using emacs is so bad and so wrong but feels so good +to use. I defeated rsi by doing hand exercises for nearly a year and a +half as of writing this. I had to learn the hard way being a guitarist +and emacs user while taking CS classes and writing code all the time +wasnt a good idea. Now I play bass to but it balances out because I +switched over to IT and became too lazy to write code most of the time. +I lost my lite weight hand exercise tools and instead of buying new ones +I just started using the heavy ones for hours at a time until I had *the +grip strength to crush a human skull*. Now my rsi is cured /as long as I +keep up the exercises/.\\ +\\ +I dont use doom emacs, spaceacs... or any of that bullshit. Just good old +gnu emacs with a simple config and a hand full of plugins.\\ +Some of my favorite are: + ++ Ivy: it makes emacs feel a bit nicer without completely changing it by + much. ++ Company with eglot: a easy way to add good auto-complete and lsp + support. It doesnt bloat the system up too much and it adds much + faster and better auto-complete then what any standard ide has and it + doesnt get in the way. ++ nyan-mode: this plugin will change your life. Emacs isnt even usable + without it. This plugin is the biggest reason I use emacs. Take that + vim users! + +*Fun fact: I use emacs to work on this site.* + +** SpaceFM + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: spacefm + :END: +For the longest time I just used thunar because its decent and default +in xfce though I decided to give spaceFM a try as of writing this. I +might got annoyed of it in a week and ditch it or end up really liking +it. These kinds of things tend to go either way for me. I will either +fucking hate it or wonder how I ever lived without it.\\ +Update: After using it for a little bit I really dig it and never want +to go back. + +*** Encrypted partitions in spaceFM + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: encrypted-partitions-in-spacefm + :END: +SpaceFM doesnt support encrypted partitions by default but lucky for us +its very customizable. To get encrypted disks working I use udisks2 and +udiskie. + ++ Install udisks2 and udiskie. ++ Go to xfce session and startup than add the command =udiskie -s= as a + autostarted app. The -s option makes udiskie show a tray icon and hide + it when there arent any disks. -t will show the tray all the time and + by default udiskie will not show a tray. ++ In spaceFM go to Devices->Settings->Device Handlers and add a new + handler: [[file:images/udiskie_in_spacefm.jpg]]\\ + Whitelist: =crypto_LUKS=\\ + Mount: =udiskie-mount %v=\\ + Unmount: =udiskie-umount $(lsblk -n -o MOUNTPOINT %v)= + +*** sftp + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: sftp + :END: +Spacefm uses sshfs for sftp support. Once you install it you will be +ready to rock. Though for my use case I need symlink support. sshfs +needs to have the option =-o follow_symlinks= To support symlinks. +To add the option go to Devices->Settings->Protocol Handlers->ssh and +change the mount option to: +#+begin_src shell + #!/bin/bash + + [[ -n "$fm_url_user" ]] && fm_url_user="${fm_url_user}@" + [[ -z "$fm_url_port" ]] && fm_url_port=22 + echo ">>> sshfs -o follow_symlinks -p $fm_url_port $fm_url_user$fm_url_host:$fm_url_path %a" + echo + # Run sshfs through nohup to prevent disconnect on terminal close + sshtmp="$(mktemp --tmpdir spacefm-ssh-output-XXXXXXXX.tmp)" || exit 1 + nohup sshfs -o follow_symlinks -p $fm_url_port $fm_url_user$fm_url_host:$fm_url_path %a &> "$sshtmp" + err=$? + [[ -e "$sshtmp" ]] && cat "$sshtmp" ; rm -f "$sshtmp" + [[ $err -eq 0 ]] # set error status + + # Alternate Method - if enabled, disable nohup line above and + # uncheck Run In Terminal + # # Run sshfs in a terminal without SpaceFM task. sshfs disconnects when the + # # terminal is closed + # spacefm -s run-task cmd --terminal "echo 'Connecting to $fm_url'; echo; sshfs -p $fm_url_port $fm_url_user$fm_url_host:$fm_url_path %a; if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo; echo '[ Finished ] Press Enter to close'; else echo; echo 'Press Enter to close (closing this window may unmount sshfs)'; fi; read" & sleep 1 +#+end_src + +** mpv + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: mpv + :END: +I switched to mpv because vlc was acting weird with audio sometimes when +watching anime and nothing in this world is worse then something getting +in the way of anime time! Just like lite-xl and neovim mpv uses lua for +its config files and is really simple by default. It also can play +youtube videos or other online streams just by giving it a url. + +** Liferea + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: liferea + :END: +Feed readers are one of those things I use on and off. A lot like mail +clients feed readers tend to be very bloated. Liferea is my favorite but +it has always had issues with nvidia drivers until I found out a +trick.\\ +\\ +If liferea has issues add this to your /etc/environment and reboot\\ +=WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1=\\ +\\ +Some cool tricks: + ++ Get [[https://github.com/shevabam/get-rss-feed-url-extension][this plugin]] to find feeds easier. ++ You can turn youtube channels into rss feeds with + =https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id={channel_id}=\\ + This can be done for all your subscriptions with + [[file:scripts/youtube_subs_export.py][this script]] ++ You can drag and drop youtube urls from your feed reader into mpv so + you can keep up with your subscriptions without even touching + youtube's website. + +** ePDFViewer + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: epdfviewer + :END: +I wanted a pdf viewer that was light weight and simple. Being a xfce +user I wanted something that isnt tied to another DE and doesnt uses a +hell ton of dependencies. + +* Web browsers + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: browsers + :END: +Modern browsers are some of the worse things to every happen. These are +some of the better options out there.\\ +\\ +For some resources on browsers check out +[[https://spyware.neocities.org/articles][spyware watch dog]] and +[[https://digdeeper.club/articles/browsers.xhtml][dig deeper]].\\ +\\ +For addons stay away from the mozilla or google bullshit and instead use +something like [[https://gnuzilla.gnu.org][the gnuzilla thingy]]. You +can also find addons on [[https://mybrowseraddon.com][mybrowseraddon]] +than manually install them or something along those lines.\\ +\\ +For a dark mode addon *stay away from darkreader*. Dont know if its +spyware or not but when the browser starts up it makes a bunch of +requests which is something a dark mode plugin shouldnt do. Instead use +something like +[[https://gnuzilla.gnu.org/extension.php?id=786990][dark-mode]]. + +** Icecat + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: icecat + :END: +I use to use firefox but switched to librewolf because +[[https://digdeeper.club/articles/mozilla.xhtml][mozilla is evil as +fuck]]. If you don't know librewolf it its the ungoogled-chromium of +firefox. Than I switched from librewolf to icecat.\\ +\\ ++The builtin plugins are decent. Librejs and its other contend blocking +plugins are way more annoying than something like umatrix but I am +giving them a fair chance knowing that umatrix might not have much of a +future even if its still quite functional still. I still like to install +ublock even with everything that comes builtin.+\\ +So I got annoyed of librejs and other builtin plugins in icecat. Now I +just disable them because umatrix and ublock can do way more, except +jshelter: It is a api spoofer which is different from the others which +are contend blockers. Its useful for when you have to use javascript +heavy websites but still want to prevent alot of information from being +leaked. I set ublock to disable javascript by default and I set jshelter +to strict mode by default.\\ +\\ +Fun little trick: If video playback/youtube frame breaks on a website +just throw it into mpv to stream it from there. Sometimes to find the +media you can hit ctrl+i to pull up page info and use the media section +or in some cases you might have to dig around in the inspector. + +*** Installing + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: installing + :END: +You can find some newer builds [[https://icecatbrowser.org][here]]. The +offical version can be found +[[https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla][here]]. + +*** Hardening + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: hardening + :END: +The magic of icecat is it makes zero requests to mozilla but its not too +hardened so you might wanta use a user.js. Check out +[[https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js][pyllyukko user.js]]. + +** Palemoon and Basilisk + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: xul + :END: +[[https://www.palemoon.org][Palemoon]] is a old firefox fork that uses a +different rendering engine so it can keep up with newer webstandards +while stilling keeping the old interface and support older plugins. +[[https://www.basilisk-browser.org][Basilisk]] use to be developed by +moonchild and was designed to be kind of like palemoon but based off a +bit newer version of firefox. The basilisk team broke off and is now +seprate from moonchild but still keeps in close contact with them.\\ +\\ +What version you choose is really up to you and what interface you like +more. Both of them are going to struggle to use javascript heavy +websites but its ok its I prefer disabling javascript whenever possible +and using umatrix to only let in what the site needs to function. + +*** Hardening + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: hardening-1 + :END: +Even though they are about as good as browsers get these days the +developers are still stupidos so you should +[[https://spyware.neocities.org/guides/palemoon][follow this guide]]. +Its also best you disable webrtc (only basilisk even supports webrtc out +of the two) and webgl along with other hardening because even though +they are based off older versions of firefox they still support the +modern features that make it easier for sites to fucking fingerprint +you. Basilisk is the only one that supports webrtc out of the two.\\ +\\ +To help hardened get yourself +[[https://git.nixnet.services/Narsil/palemoon_user.js][a palemoon +user.js]]. It helps you stand out less by hiding the fact you are using +a weird old ass browser. Btw, for whatever fucking reason this user.js +seems to brick github issue pages so just keep that in mind. Though if +anything this just is another reason why real git sites like gitea and +codeberg are better.\\ +\\ +You can timezone spoof by setting =TZ=UTC= before launching: +#+begin_src shell + sudo -s + rm -rf /usr/bin/palemoon + echo "#! /usr/bin/sh\nTZ=UTC /usr/lib/palemoon/palemoon \$@" > /usr/bin/palemoon + chmod +x /usr/bin/palemoon +#+end_src +Basilisk users can come up with their own hack instead of having their +hands held and gently walked through + +** Ungoogled chromium + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: ungoogled + :END: +Ungoogled chromium is what the name says, chromium without the google. I +still prefer to avoid anything chromim but if you really want to use a +chromium based browser without all the spyware shit you arent going to +get any better than this. It hella beats brave *brave is fucking +terrible*. There is a addon that lets you install addons from the chrome +store and update them without having to sign into google but I still +think the best option is just to manually install the addons to +completely avoid google.\\ +\\ +Ungoogled chromium isnt hardened at all by default. Its designed to be a +drop in replacement for chrome that is user friendly and doesnt break +anything. We dont do that here, for heaven fucking shake at least harden +it a little and to do that you can use +[[https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium/blob/master/docs/flags.md][these +flags]].\\ +\\ +With manifest v2 on the way out the future of chromium based browsers is +fucked. Mozilla is also doing shitty things so we are just in general +fucked. + +** librewolf + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: librewolf + :END: +Librewolf is about the easiest way to get a decent hardened browser +setup. It still makes some requests to mozilla which kind of sucks. + +* Command line + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: commandline + :END: +Yes, the terminal is a GUI program. But I put it here because *fuck +you*.\\ +\\ +For a cool command line I use nerd fonts. My favorite is the hack nerd +font which can be installed with: +#+begin_src shell + wget https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/v3.3.0/Hack.zip + unzip Hack.zip -d Hack + sudo cp -r Hack /usr/share/fonts/ +#+end_src +More nerd fonts can be found [[https://www.nerdfonts.com][here]]. + +** Alacritty + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: alacritty + :END: +I only started using it very recently because I been using kitty for a +long time. I switched to alacritty because ssh in kitty is fucked up and +I found out that alacritty now has a option for toml files for the +config. The yml files was one of the biggest things keeping me away from +alacritty. + +** zsh + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: zsh + :END: +zsh is pretty cool though I been playing with fish a bit and been +thinking of switching to that. zsh has lots of cool things like vi keys +(even though I use emacs) and is somewhat compatable with bash to. + +** vim + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: vim + :END: +For a long time I used neovim. I started using neovim becaues I wanted +vim to act more like a ide and have fancy shit. For most things I ended +up using +lite-xl+ emacs more because well... emacs just make my autism +happy. Neovim ended up just being used for editing configs, quickly +throwing together scripts, crazy vim wizard edits... so I decided to +just ditch neovim (you can find my old config +[[https://git.shittyweb.org/nvim_config/][here]]) and instead go +with a simple vimrc with only a few plugins.\\ +\\ +*/How dare someone use both emacs and vim!/* Shut your fucking piehole +stupido! + +* Extras + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: extras + :END: +These are programs I at one point used, dont use much... that I wanted +to add. + +** lite-xl + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: lite-xl + :END: +I started using lite-xl because I wanted a simple little easy to config +graphical text editor. lite-xl is just that. I no longer have a need for +it as I get into emacs again as of writing this but still a great little +editor.\\ +\\ +On different screen sizes lite-xl may look bad and to fix it you need to +set the =LITE_SCALE= environment variable. + +** vlc + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: vlc + :END: +Yes, mpv is better. Yes, vlc sometimes has issues. But vlc is still +better than the default media player on most systems and has its fair +share of useful features. Even with mpv I still like to have vlc +installed just in case mpv breaks when I dont have internet and I like +its file converting features. The mobile version of vlc kicks ass. + +** Evolution + :PROPERTIES: + :CUSTOM_ID: evolution + :END: +Evolution is one of the better mail clients out there. If for whatever +reason you need to use gmail or some other locked down shitty service +evolution has you covered. By default it uses the gnome style window +decorators but unlike most gnome apps it lets you use your desktop/WM +decorators instead. Its not as bad as most mail clients (looking at you +thunderbird) and it lets you /at least/ hide most of that shit out of +the way. |