#+SETUPFILE: ../org-templates/level-1.org #+TITLE: Tips, tricks, and reviews #+BACKGROUND_IMAGE: images/ttr-background.jpg * About :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: about :END: I am not sponsored by any of the products here because 1: that bullshit isnt allowed on my site, 2: a little stupid http site no one looks at aint going to find any sponsors. *All products I bring up is just shit I use all the fucking time and I find useful and approve of.* Sponsored products is capitalist shit! * Getting rid of google drive, onedrive... :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: storage :END: This is where most people tell you to use a good cloud storage service like [[https://disroot.org][disroot]] but I have a even better alterative. One that is onetime payment, gives you a fuck ton of storage, fast upload and download speeds, works on all your devices, never looks at your files, and it doesnt even need internet! Its called the external harddrive. USB drives work to but they are little cheaply made pieces of shit that are easy to lose, have a laughable amount of storage for many uses, corrupt easily... You lite weight freaks may be pissing out over the fact external harddrives are bigger than your finger tip but thats a good thing because that means you will not as easily fucking lose that mother fucker! Dont know about you but I lose USB drives all the fucking time!\\ \\ Some cool tricks with a external harddrive is: making a encrypted partition so +if+ when you lose it somewhere some edgy teen isnt going to make the next few months of your life fucking hell, making seprate partitions for files that will stay in linux and files you might have to access on some random ass machine running windows so file permissions dont get fucked over, and making scripts to make backing up and restoring files easier.\\ \\ Wanta sync bookmarks, browser settings, addons... across browsers on different devices? Dont use the stupid google account or [[https://digdeeper.club/articles/mozilla.xhtml][mozilla]] bullshit that sells your information and gives it to the NSA. All you gotta do is copy your .mozilla, .librewolf, or where ever the fuck your browser is storing everything onto your harddrive than you can paste it onto whatever device you want. Making a script to speed things up a bit isnt too hard either.\\ \\ For those who dont know how to find things I personally use [[https://americas.lexar.com/product/lexar-professional-sl600-portable-ssd/][one of these bad boys]]. * Backing up your system :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: backup-up-your-system :END: Its a good idea to back things up often and sometimes you might want to backup your entire system. Full system backups can be big but lucky for us linux makes it easy to make compressed backups. 1. Make a live linux fucking usb. [[https://antixlinux.com][AntiX]] is a great option for your fucking usb. 2. Boot off the fucking usb. 3. Get a disk to put your backup on. A usb drive often isnt enough for full system backup. Get yourself an external harddrive! 4. Run =lsblk= to find your systems harddrive. *Make sure to use the correct drive.* 5. Run =sudo dd if=/dev/ bs=64k status=progress | gzip -c /PATH/TO/DRIVE/backup.img.gz= 6. Remember: dd stays for /disk destroyer/ because *if you fuck up it will destroy your disk*. 7. To restore run =gunzip -c /PATH/TO/DRIVE/backup.img.gz | sudo dd of=/dev/ status=progress= * Password manager :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: passwords :END: Do you use the same password for everything? Thats fucking stuppa. Do you click yes when your asked if you want the password saved? Those builtin password managers tend to get hacked and people arent good about backing them up so they fucking lose everything easily. In the past I used a encrypted libreoffice spreadsheet. Not the worst thing you can use but there is better. The two best password managers are [[https://www.passwordstore.org][pass]] and [[https://keepassxc.org][KeePassXC]] depending on if you want a command line of gui password manager. * Watching youtube :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: youtube :END: Hate google but still wanta watch youtube? There are some tricks you can do. ** mpv :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: mpv :END: One of the features mpv has is it can stream youtube videos. I try to use alterative youtube web clients and they tend to work great for searching for videos but poop out when you try to play the video. When this happens just throw the youtube url into mpv. Also under the hood youtube channels are just rss feeds so you can use a feed reader to keep up with your favorite channels than watch them with mpv. I also talk a bit about that [[file:linux-room.org::#liferea][here]]. ** yt-dlp :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: yt-dlp :END: [[https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp][yt-dlp]] is for downloading your fucking videos! Check out [[https://reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/15xqg3t/ytdlp_for_dummies][this reddit post]] for a little dummy guide/cheatsheat. ** Invidious :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: invidious :END: I always have a invidious redirect setup in my browser. You can find instances [[https://docs.invidious.io/instances/][here]]. Its pretty good for when someone throws a youtube link at you without warning or when you need to search for videos though as far as watching goes mpv is way better. More often than not invidious poops out on me when I go to watch the video so I just through it into mpv. ** Newpipe :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: newpipe :END: Great little mobile youtube client. Has the best interface out of all the youtube clients. And it can import your subs from your youtube account using that same file my rss feed list script uses. Once you get your subs from your youtube account you can ditch that mother fucker! It poops out sometimes but the devs are fast to fix it. ** Revanced :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: revanced :END: Revanced is a project that patches the official mobile youtube client to block ads and do other cool things. The official site is [[https://revanced.app][here]]. On search engines the unofficial websites show up first so be careful. Some people have used the unofficial websites without getting hacked while others have gotten their google accounts hacked using it. I dont really care for revanced too much because it still requires you sign into a google account and for the most part use the official youtube client even if it has a few patches. * Headphones :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: headphones :END: Need a pair of no bullshit bluetooth headphones that work just fine on any device and dont use any stupid app? Get [[https://www.skullcandy.com/products/hesh-evo-wireless-headphones][one of these bad boys]]. They have bad ass 40mm drivers and quite good frequency response. They are about the most balanced headphones skullcandy sells and atleast for consumer headphone standards they are balanced. *Most consumer headphones are unnaturally bassy to try to cover up the fact they are pieces of shit* because most of you fuckers think more bass means better sound. Hesh headphones have enough bass to itch that scratch while still being actually good headphones. Most bluetooth headphones have a weak single and barely ever manages to connect. Hesh headphones on the other hand have a nice strong signal and are the only bluetooth devices that have not gave me shit. And guess what? They still have plenty of battery life! They actually have a usable headphone jack, the interface is good old buttons instead of swipe bullshit, and they dont even have an app let alone lock features behind one!\\ \\ They are built to last and can survive whatever shit life throws at them. You can also get the anc which are a active noise canneling version but they tend to make a slight clicking sound sometimes when anc mode is enabled. For us sensative people the clicking renders the anc useless and the hesh models already have good passive noise canneling as is. The evos cost less than the anc and they have slightly better sound and battery life. Though I guess if an anc mode that makes an annoying clicking sound is your thing have at it with the hesh anc. As much as I hate outside noise the clicking is nearly just as bad.\\ \\ Skullcandy's tend to be the main pick for musicians. Thats because alot of us know better than to waste money on buying shit from apple, bose, jbl, sony... when skullcandy sells way better headphones for a fraction of the price. * Guitar, bass and related things :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: music :END: ** Fender style guitars :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: fender-style-guitars :END: Wanta buy a electric guitar? Do yourself a favor and get a g&l. They are the best electric guitars money can buy. Mainly for basses but also guitars Music Man also has some fine stuff. As far as fender goes the *american fenders are overpriced pieces of shit!* Instead get yourself a mexican fender, japenese fender, or even a squier! My first electric was a mexican fender and its a really great guitar though as great as mexican fenders are g&l and Music Man are just better though I didnt know about them at the time. I been fucking around with some g&l hardware on a squier tele but tbh I have never owned a g&l as much as I like them. ** Gibson style guitars :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: gibson-style-guitars :END: *Never buy a gibson!* Might as well buy a fucking tesla to match your gibson! Instead get yoursefl a fine epiphone and if you do get a epiphone there is no finer epiphone than their version of the firebird. Its a through body so it doesnt have the same neck issues as most gibson style guitars though beware of finish cracking around the nut though its not a problem (most of the time). ** Straps :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: straps :END: I always get strap lock. The fucking strap buttons hurts my autism. I dont fucking want to see a guitar or bass fucking hit the ground. Strap lock will save your stupid ass. I have seen people preforming live have their guitar hit the ground. * I need a new pc or laptop :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: computer :END: Does it have linux installed? If not install linux and that mother fucker will last many more years. [[file:images/stonks.jpg]] [[file:images/tiny_lain.gif]] Already have linux? Get something that isnt linux! Some of the more funky options include: + [[https://www.haiku-os.org][Hauku]] + [[https://kolibrios.org][Kolibrios]] + [[https://templeos.org][Good old templeOS]] + [[https://serenityos.org][SerenityOS]] + [[https://toaruos.org][Toaruos]] + [[https://www.redox-os.org][Redox]] * Mice? :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: mice :END: As much as I dont like big brands the best mouse money can buy is the logitech G203 lightsync. I dont like overpriced gaming mice. They often feel wrong in my hands, are overpriced pieces of shit, fucking shit out in linux... I use to game with shitty office mice because of that. The G203 is shaped like a office mouse and is the right weight. Fuck the super heavy and super lite shit. And the cool shaped gaming mice fuck up peoples hands. The magic of the G203 is you can still get gaming mouse features like smooth tracking that isnt shit, a good ass scroll wheel, dpi button, side clicks, and rgb while still having a reasonable shape and weight. In linux there is even a piece of software called piper so you can configure your G203 without closed source windows bullshit! To top things off the G203 costs far less than all the fancy mice and out preforms them. Even if you just want a office mouse the G203 is going to not only be a big upgrade to your 2010s office mouse I know you use but also completely outclass all those overpriced modern office mice your boss spends too much of their 6 figures on. * Keyboards because why not :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: keyboards :END: I use a modded dierya DK61SE. Just a little funky keyboard but I dig it. I replaced the keycaps, tubed up the switches, put foam or some shit inside to make it sound better, and some friend did a little bandade hack to make the guides for the larger buttons shake less.