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
TLP AND POWERTOP Linux by default doesn’t offer a lot in the way of battery saving as of yet. This isn’t as bad a problem in Android and IOS devices as they have built these platforms around a battery as a power source rather than the desktop version the operating systems are partially based on as these were designed for desktop computers. That’s not to say that Linux hasn’t come a long way with their kernels, that said, there are a few utilities and tweaks that can really help in regards to squeezing an extra hour or so out of that battery. TLP allows the user to recalibrate the battery reading within the OS for optimum percentage reading. This sounds more complicated than it really is, but in Androids there is a file that gives the system the percentage of the battery which may or may not be correct sometimes for different reasons, this file gets corrupted and can no longer give optimum battery readings. The same is somewhat true in Linux for Laptops. Linux u