inspect package available templates items with descriptions

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# use `mc` to explore .deb content and locate `templates` file
# or use apt-extracttemplates
# or do it manually:
ar x file.deb control.tar.xz
tar -xOf control.tar.xz ./templates | less -p Template

set items value (pre-seed)

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# list items
debconf-get-selections | grep ttf-mscorefonts-installer

# set item
echo "ttf-mscorefonts-installer  msttcorefonts/dlurl  string  xyz" | debconf-set-selections

# install package
apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Source: serverfault, stackoverflow

We can easily accomplish this by using rclone on top of gocryptfs (hp), just remember to:

• do not lose the .gocryptfs.reverse.conf volume's settings file
• disable online storage automatic file versioning to increase security

Note: in the future we could use rclone crypt but at the moment it is not the best option available.

Install

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sudo bash
mkdir -p /opt/gocode/src
cd /opt/gocode/src
git clone https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs.git
cd gocryptfs && ./build.bash # buildfor CPU w/o AES-NI
strip /opt/gocode/bin/gocryptfs

Backup

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# 1. setup the encrypted virtual fs
gocryptfs -init -reverse plain enc
# 2. move away volume settings
fusermount -u enc
mv plain/.gocryptfs.reverse.conf plain-gcfs.conf
# 3. remount and start the backup
gocryptfs -reverse -conf plain-gcfs.conf plain enc
rclone sync enc remote:/path/to/dest

Restore

• Direct mount via rclone mount:

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  # 1. mount the online drive on a local folder rclone mount remote:/path/to/backup enc # 2. mount the unencrypted virtual fs gocryptfs -conf plain-gcfs.conf -serialize_reads enc plain # 3. restore the backup rsync -avi plain/ /path/to/restore/ # 4. umount the virtual fs in backward order fusermount -u plain fusermount -u enc

• Dump and decrypt (requires twice the space):

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  # 1. temporary dump of the online drive rclone sync remote:/path/to/backup enc # 2. mount the unencrypted virtual fs gocryptfs -reverse -conf plain-gcfs.conf enc plain # 3. restore the backup rsync -avi plain/ /path/to/restore/ # 4. umount the vfs fusermount -u plain

Gateron KS-9 (good&cheap; PRO=pre-lubed; amazon)

• black 2.0mm/60g/linear
• red 2.0mm/45g/linear
• brown 2.0mm/55g/tactile
• blue 2.3mm/60g/click
• green 2.3mm/80g
• yellow 2.0mm/50g/linear
• white 2.0mm/35g

Cherry mx/Kailh/Logitech GX

• red: 2.0mm/45g/linear
• blue: 2.2mm/60g/click
• brown: 2.0mm/55g/tactile

Razer/Kaihl

• yellow: 1.2mm/45g/linear
• orange: 1.9mm/45g/tactile
• green: 1.9mm/50g/click

Logitech Romer-G

• linear: 1.5mm/45g
• tactile: 1.5mm/45g

Source: mechanical-keyboard.org, x-bows.com

See also: Ferris T34 open source keyboard, HandsDown layout

Firefox user interface

From mozilla forum:

1. in about:config set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets = true
2. clone & install custom CSS from https://github.com/aris-t2/customcssforfx
3. uncomment @import "./css/tabs/tabs_below_navigation_toolbar_fx89.css";

My about:config settings

• browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel = false -- fix naggin download panel since FF 98
• browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground = true @
• security.dialog_enable_delay = 100 @

• set a custom user agent:

  1. Add new string value general.useragent.override
  2. Enter your preferred UA
  3. Check it on https://www.whatsmyua.info/

  This is especially useful if you are on an ARM device (like raspberry pi) and google keeps giving you its mobile version, for example:

  1 2	Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux armv7l; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0 # before Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0 # after

Add-ons

• auto reload tab
• awesome screenshot
• DeepL Translate -- store
• keepa amazon tracker
• pretty xml
• user agent switcher
• video download helper -- hp
• tampermonkey
• save page we

old:

• flash video downloader
• foxy proxy
• page translate
• unicode emoji
• simple tab renamer (attached)

Source: userChrome.org, CustomCSSforFx