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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

EASILY ROLL BACK UPDATES WITH EOPKG IN SOLUS

  Solus Linux is a really innovative distribution in how it handles its curated list of packages and third-parties. Solus also has a ground-up project of Budgie desktop which is very modern and stylish. EOPKG is the preferred package management across all of their desktop offerings which is forked from PiSi package manager originally created for Pardus Linux. Solus has not only forked the original package manager, they have made great improvements in its built in feature list as well. Solus Linux is an independent distribution and so is the EOPKG package management system as Pardus no longer caters to PiSi. EOPKG has many features now that weren’t included in earlier releases of Solus; One such feature is the ability to easily roll back updates with a single line command. EOPKG stores history of every operation done since system installation. This includes updates and updates to the repositories. To view the history of the package management, simply enter sudo eopkg history in the term