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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

SMALL UPDATE ON WHAT I’M DOING AND A LITTLE SOMETHING SOMETHING ABOUT BROWSER REPAIRS IN LINUX.

Lately, I’ve been working on improving my scripts and their Help feature. This feature includes leaflets on basic functionality of some of the features held within the script. I layout basic details about what is being done in each more clearly, but still there are things missing here. I removed as many lines previously as possible to allow for some added lines of information. I realize that it doesn’t seem like a lot at the moment, however, I have also mirrored my repository on Github and moved a copy of it to Gitlab. I’ve made that repo almost completely independent of Github. There is still a bit of work to be done and so I will be doing that soon. I’ve also made my Gitlab publicly accessible now. My mind and my sleeping have been sort of a wreck lately, I’ve been trying to make minor improvements around the house with all this going on, I feel my time and energy has been largely divided, though not in equal parts. I’m hoping that by the end of this week, things will be a littl