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===tech=== | ===tech=== | ||
Revision as of 14:42, 14 May 2014
Contents |
tech
filesharing
* torrent411 good torrent tracker (french) * rutracker.org good torrent tracker (russian) * zeropaid filesharing news and forum * tracker2.postman.i2p i2p torrent tracker (you must be running i2p to access) * imule p2p sharing software for i2p (also an i2p eepsite)
audio
- hydrogen audio forums about audio software etc
- rockbox open source firmware for music players. Very useful if the original firmware wont play certain formats, or has restrictions on copying music off the player.
- mpd music player daemon. music playing software designed to be run over a network. If there is a network attached computer connected to an amplifier and running mpd, other computers on the network can control the player by using mpd client software (of which there are many to choose from, i use ncmpcpp). Can run on raspberry pi. Client and daemon can also both be running on the same computer. mpd and ncmcppp guide
- cmus curses based music player software (linux, console based)
- moc another, simpler, curses based player
- randomplay even simpler console player
- beets music collection organising tool. useful for tagging and organising a large collection.
- Linux multimedia studio (LMMS) free music production software, with VST compatibility.
- sox command line sound tool. can be used as simple synthesiser, and to convert audio formats.
- diyaudio.com forums about diy audio hardware projects
- Standuino DIY open source audio hardware
- speakerplans.com designs for speaker enclosures
- horn response - speaker enclosure design software. can use with abaca? audio abacus
- Mumble voice chat software
to take 30 random mp3s and put them in a directory (i use this to randomly choose some of my music to put onto my mp3 player):
find -name "*.mp3" | sort --random-sort | head -n 30 | xargs -n 1 -i^Cd '\n' cp {} ~/sometunes
other
Many of these links need to be (or already have been) put elsewhere on the wiki
- mighty ohm some open source hardware designs and a soldering guide in many languages
- Desoldering - wikipedia article for learning how to recuperate electronic components.
- Desoldering wikibook
- circuit circle / SCHRÄGERUNDE DIY electronics and circuit bending -workshops, concerts, installations, performances
- Toner refill - wikipedia article on refilling photocopier laser printer toner
- openlibrary.org ebooks
- freemusicarchive.org
- internet archive archive of internet sites, also many media files hosted here, you can put media files here too.
- Use google translate from the command line with some extra features.
- Google translate awk program very similar
- open frameworks c++ library for creative projects
- RONJA free technology project for optical point-to-point data links (using visible light). The design has a reported 1.4km range and 10Mbps full duplex data rate.
- modulatedlight.org information and experiments using light for data links, mostly using high power LEDs rather than lasers, as they work better over long distances.
- ttfa.net/12volt
- A Tao of regular expressions notes on using regular expressions (for vi, grep, etc)
- mattmahoney on data compression much info on data compression. PAQ8 text compression, while computationally expensive, could be very useful for low-bandwidth radio data networks.
- pbx
- x25, a kind of packet switched network
- skype like conferencing system software project proposal. see also ZRTP and SRTP
- sdf.org sdf public access unix system
- tin text-based usenet newsreader software
- eternal september Free text only usenet provider (registration required)
- aioe free text only usenet provider (no registration required)
- retroshare secure, decentralised communication and filesharing platform
- nmap network ping scan tool
geeky linux tools
- Debian -- The Universal Operating System
- Openbox very basic window manager - you can install fancy features yourself
- urukrama's Openbox keybindings
- awesome tiling window manager
- terminator terminal emulator with many features
- tmux terminal multiplexer
- midnight commander curses based file manager
- conky system monitor
- vimperator vi style control of firefox/iceweasel web browser. So you can control the web browser without using the mouse.
- aap makes it easy to download, build and install software
- calmar.ws tips and info on linux,vim, vimperator, awesome, other stuff
- vi cheat sheet
- vim tips
- refcards.com free quick reference cards
- vim mediawiki editing
- fcron.free.fr apparently good for running cron jobs on a system not always switched on.
- 30 handy bash aliases
- Baobab gnome disk usage analyser - visual representation of disk usage
email software
- mutt - email program. Its not for everyone, it takes a lot of configuring but once you have got it right it can work well and save time.
- Steve losh's mutt guide
- mu (maildir-utils) program for searching email stored in maildir format
- notmuch program for searching email
- mutt sidebar patch for mutt with folders listed in a sidebar
- getting up and running with a sane mutt setup
- realprogrammers.com mutt guide
- How I tamed my mutt – cmdln.org (a sysadmin blog)
- fefe.da Mutt FAQ
backup/archiving tools for linux
- rsync
- unison file syncroniser. Unlike rsync, unison ensures both filesystems have the newest version of a file. tutorial on setting up unison
diff -qr source destination comm -3 <(ls ~/dir-new/) <(ls ~/dir) # compare two directories
Find duplicate files:
find -not -empty -type f -printf "%s\n" | sort -rn | uniq -d | xargs -I{} -n1 find -type f -size {}c -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum | sort | uniq -w32 --all-repeated=separate
Find and delete duplicate files:
find -not -empty -type f -printf "%s\n" | sort -rn | uniq -d | xargs -I{} -n1 find -type f -size {}c -print0 | xargs -0 md5sum | sort | uniq -w32 --all-repeated=separate | cut -f3-100 -d ' ' | tr '\n.' '\t.' | sed 's/\t\t/\n/g' | cut -f2-100 | tr '\t' '\n' | perl -i -pe 's/([ (){}-])/\\$1/g' | perl -i -pe 's/'\/\\'\/g' | xargs -pr rm -v
booklet printing on linux
some tools, for example, for reordering pages of an a4 documents to make an a5 booklet or zine.
pdf2ps #convert a pdf document to postscript psbook in.ps out.ps # reorder the pages to make a book, psnup -s1 -2 book.ps booklet.ps # shrink to 2 pages on each A4 side ps2pdf #convert it back to a pdf lpr -P myprinter -o page-set=even -#1 infile.pdf # print the even pages lpr -P myprinter -o page-set=odd -#1 infile.pdf # print the odd pages
encryption
- cryptoparty handbook
- gpg Gnu Privacy Guard. Tool for encrypting files and email.
Most simple usage - gpg encryption of a single file:
gpg -c file
This prompts for a password and gives file.gpg. To decypt:
gpg -d file.gpg > file
- Disk encryption article on ArchWiki a good explanation of disk encryption and a comparison of the methods.
- truecrypt
non-commercial email providers
* activix uk * so36 -berlin * immerda.ch * systemli.org (de) * riseup.net
local announcements websites
For buying/selling secondhand, etc. Better than ebay because you meet the person face-to-face and put money in the hand (no third parties pinching fees). This requires some trust, which builds community.
- craigslist.org international
- freecycle international, free stuff only.
- le bon coin france
- gumtree UK
- quoka.de deutschland
- loquo.com barcelona
- tutti.ch CH
party
- zone of the free all things 3, mp3s art etc...
- shockraver wheres that teknival?
- teknoparty.are.free.fr
- headfuk.net most of the site no longer maintained (but still there) lots of technical info, good breakcore mp3s, party info
- Hekate london based soundsystem
- squatjuice idiots talking
- partyvibe
- spacepatrol.cz cz based party info and music download
- mp3.sety.cz many mp3s (electronic music)
- erowid information about drugs
art/wierd
* random artists UK based underground art collective, make temporary autonomous art * 4chan.org anonymous image board * deviantart * jinyoung shin * blublu * the porg * daytime televisuals * zoomquilt2 * dissident island radio
squatting/travelling
- squat.net
- uk advisory service for squatters
- uk land registry 192.com for researching buildings in the uk.
- hitchwiki.org hitchhiking guide in many languages. You can add info how to hitchhike in/out of your town. Offline version available for download.
- tube facts includes a list of london underground stations with no ticket barriers. No idea when this was last updated.
- wagendorf.de all things wagen related (deutsch)
other
open source ecology RAM pump using water flow to pump a small amount of water