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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

GNOME AND EPIPHANY(WEB) IMPROVEMENTS

By now, most people have probably read the articles on OMGUbuntu, if you haven’t, go check them out at omgubuntu.co.uk . It talks about 5 big improvements coming to the browser Epiphany that might just make people reconsider it as a daily browser. The browser is based on Webkit or Webkit 2 as it is now known. The rendering engine Webkit is used by Midori and Apple Safari to just name a couple. Webkit is still in development, however, many developers broke off from that years ago to fork it into the now well known Blink engine used in Chrome and many others. QTWebEngine is another fork that is more a fork of the Blink engine than direct fork of Webkit. QTWebEngine does offer more advanced features, however, Webkit has recently been getting better and better at handling newer web standards. The browser itself offers similar look and feel to Safari, also a native integration with Gnome or GTK environments much as Safari integrates with MacOS. Epiphany is a browser based on the