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
Solus is one of the most interesting Linux operating systems. Initially coming from a Debian-based background, Solus offers a rolling release model for updates in a simple and clean desktop-focused distribution. Solus is developed independently from other distributions and flavors of Linux and has three main desktop environments to choose from with a fourth one on the way in Plasma. As of May 3 2019, Solus has updated their Gnome desktop and the Gnome stack that Budgie uses. In this release, a major release, Solus adds the upstream Gnome-Shell and Mutter performance and security improvements as well it has removed many apps and libraries which are no longer being maintained and or updated from its repository. Another change, albeit a disappointing one, Deja-Dup which allows you to sync files to the cloud in the form of backups will stop working with this feature. It’s a real bummer, however, Solus developers decided that a certain library involved in this client to server exc