I think that any sane person would like to break free from dependencies of big corps and … No-no-no, no political rant will happen here today, so stay cool. It’s just a small guide on how to make your Hugo-based site to load faster and do as little external queries as possible.
Here is a classic situation when you load badly designed site. Output of [uMatrix]
plugin just for better representation.
Some time ago i’ve mentioned the fact about [Linux usage]
on my laptop. It was a [Manjaro]
based around [Arch]
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Recently i stumbled upon [SalixOS]
review. It’s a simplified [Slackware]
distro with modern fast [Xfce]
user interface. As you may already know Slackware is the most “Unix-like” Linux distribution. Besides i can’t afford myself to skip distro with motto:
"Linux for the lazy Slacker" Here is a quick intro into Salix operating system.
Right after [Windows 7 reached end of life]
in regards to non-pos esu updates i asked myself: “How can i improve security of ageing operating system?” Replacement of basic internal firewall comes back to mind in the very first place.
After some comprehensive research i ended up with [Outpost Firewall Pro]
, developed by [Agnitum]
a small Russian company, which was acquired by crappy yandex later on. Software was dismissed after purchase immediately.
[Essential documentary]
film about creators of [PirateBay]
torrent resource.
TPB AFK: THE PIRATE BAY AWAY FROM KEYBOARD [SOUNTRACK ID NEEDED]
Can anyone identify tracks playing at 15:58 and 58:09? Thoughts of yours can be shared via my [contacts section]
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Some nostalgy rant about convinience of older websites and absense of uneeded crap. Don’t you remember?
Here is some fine examples of modern sites, which try to match older web in terms of ergonomics and overall perception.
[HACKER NEWS]
[COMMAND LINE RADIO]
[PLAIN TEXT SPORTS]
[RANDOM TEXT WEBSITES]
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If for some reason you are unable to find wanted music and you already looked it in oldschool [Emule]
and didn’t get satisfactory results i suggest to try out Soulseek P2P network. Pretty big chance that you’ll find what you are looking for.
[DOWNLOAD SOULSEEK]
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Back in a day when torrents were in a non-existing state there was amazing p2p software called Emule. Some vintage computer geeks prefer Emule over torrents even today. Most of users are located in European countries like France, Italy, Spain.
Rather unusual software for 2022, but i concur that application can be helpful in retrievement of rare and obsure stuff, which can’t be found anywhere else.
Note that official download page is not updated anymore and latest 2021 version can be acquired from [community forum]
or Githhub page
only.
A small note on how to make things rollin'.
Default configuration of Keenetic Ultra makes XZ1 Compact to stuck in a loop during authorization process. If you can’t pair your XZ1 to 5Ghz WiFi network just switch router network to channel:
56 And you are good to go. Yeah, simple as that. See you around!
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Previous owner of my main laptop installed the most modern intel WiFi chip, [AX200]
to be precise. Unfortunately, chip does not have drivers for beloved Windows 7. Yeah intel dropped support in 2019. So, i have to downgrade wireless card. Found on eBay compatible [Dell WiFi 1820]
: the last one to support Windows 7 operating system.
I always loved Dell’s Precision series for super easy installation of hardware upgrades.
This is not an AD post, just reporting that i’ve switched from annoying teamviewer for a better remote tool and grateful to developers of software.
I fed up with teamviewer’s nag-screens and constant mumbling that i use software not for a personal use. During 2020 i’ve used hacked version with auto-generator of my client ID to prevent nag-screen triggering, but when i find out that their android client is full of telemetry stuff i’ve decided to ditch it completely.
UPDATED ON: 2022-03-16
Degenerative totalitarian regime in Russia just made [another pathetic attempt]
to block TOR network. In previous try they’ve blocked only TCP datagrams. And now, it looks like that they have added UDP and ICMP to banned list also.
If you experience difficulties in connecting to TOR network using bundled bridges like meek-azure, snowflake and obfs4 try these one:
159.69.156.131:9001
84.117.255.228:9001
37.120.182.1:12443
188.68.62.244:11443
50.7.178.34:443
87.174.114.28:9001
83.97.20.80:9001
80.241.214.102:443
80.
UPDATED ON: 2023-08-04
IMPROVING FIREFOX PRIVACY & SECURITY FIREFOX ADDONS [Part I]
Finally I’ve managed to finish this part of the FAQ. Note is a loooong-read, so mistakes can occur » please [report them to me]
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One of the most distinctive features of FireFox was customization. With each new version it becomes less customizable, thanks to marketing people at mozilla corp. They do everything to make Firefox look like google chrome.
UPDATED ON: 2024-01-04
Addons, addons, addons!! So many of them! How to choice the right one? Whom to trust to? I will help you with your findings and share my personal experience.
Rule of thumb: do not install too much addons, they will slow down your browser noticeably!
░ SECURITY ADDONS [uMatrix]
► best content blocker ever, even better than uBlock [Github archive]
[Ublock Origin]
► an efficient blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.
UPDATED ON: 2023-08-12 Added microsoft hosts, fixed errors. If you have any suggestions or I’ve missed something [please drop me a line]
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► SOME PREFACE WORDS THE MOST COMPLETE LIST OF MALWARE UPDATES FROM MICROSOFT GROUPED BY CATEGORIES.
List of updates without links to original ms site due to deletion. KB prefix removed. 454826
971033
2922324
2976987
3012973
3014460
3015249
3022345
3068707
3074677
3090045
3102812
4012218 UNINFORMED ABOUT PRIVACY STARTER PACK FUN FACT: microsoft already not only hiding, but deleting important information regarding “bad updates” from search engines like google.