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Blocklist-Update.sh

Blocklist-Update.sh is a script that I wrote to manage blocklists from bluetack etc to be used in conjunction with Transmission torrent downloader in Linux/MacOS. The script can be taylored to work with Qbittorrent as well, but the placement of the blocklists means you'd have to redirect the blocklist to go somewhere locally manageable as Transmission uses its own blocklist directory in .config. I believe there are about 10 lists there now. It works well for my needs. It can be ran weekly using crontab in standard user profile.  To download:  blocklist-update.sh To download the others:  Github
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LINUX MINT CINNAMON PANEL LAYOUT AND IMPROVEMENTS

As of Linux Mint 19.1, the new panel layout is more Windowsesque and similar to KDE’s icons-only-task-manager. The new layout increases the size of the panel to a more readable setting and gives users grouped applications. When you open an application, it will show up on the panel as an icon only and will be highlighted to alert the user that it is in use. This is a nice feature that reminds me of Windows 7. Before, you could set this up in Cinnamon, but as of Cinnamon version 4.0.8 Cinnamon has made the setup for you. Prior to this, you have a more Windows XP or older layout which is fine, but for most users who have the screen real estate, this new layout will work better. As I said, you can also get this functionality in KDE by going to panel options > Task List > Right click > click alternatives and click on icons-only-task-manager. Booting up Cinnamon in Manjaro live right now offers Cinnamon 4.0.1. You can still set that feature up by adding grouped applications to the panel. I’m unsure as to whether or not this feature will be later implemented in Manjaro or other Arch distros running Cinnamon desktop as it is a Mint team idea, however, this is a trivial feature and people are getting rather upset about it. It’s just as easy to set the layout the other way if you prefer by returning the panel to using windows lists. Some other changes were themes being revamped and improved. These theme improvements are available regardless of distribution, but some themes work better on some distros.
More changes include optimizations to the code behind Nemo file manager, an improved Welcome Screen with more options and features than ever before and the Linux Mint updater has been given added features to remove old kernels. This is significant as it already had a way to easily install newer kernels, however, removing them has always been sort of a pain in Ubuntu-based distributions. Apt should be able to auto-remove older ones by default, but this is not always the case.
Linux Mint’s team of developers are reinventing desktop Linux at every new release. They also retain their older, more traditional charm. They are also the lead development team behind the Cinnamon desktop in general. To download their work go to: www.linuxmint.com Cinnamon is a desktop forked from the initial Gnome 3 days as more and more users complained about the new look and feel. Both Mate and Cinnamon owe their origins to the Linux Mint team. It started after April 2011 when Gnome began shifting from a normal and traditional workflow. You can read more about it on Wikipedia or on the Arch Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cinnamon

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