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Windows

• System
• Repair
• Programs
• PowerShell Downloads
• Gaming Fixes
• Personalization
• Integrated Tools
• Shortcuts
• ISO
• Activation

System Modifications

Runtimes and Libraries

Visual C++ Redist (AIO)

Edge WebView2

K-Lite Codec Pack

dot NET

.NET 6

.NET 8

Mono

DirectX

DirectX Runtimes June 2010

Windows 10 and 11

Windows Privacy Dashboard

O&O ShutUp10++

Privacy Sexy

Drivers

Common

Snappy Driver Installer

Manual NVIDIA Driver Search

AMD Drivers

Intel Driver & Support Assistant

Other

Universal ADB Drivers

Alternative A2DP Driver

Zadig

Repair

General

Display Driver Uninstaller

Power Defragmenter

Uninstall MS Office

Cleaning

BleachBit

Burnbytes

Dism++

Windows Update

Fix WU Utility

Windows Update Cache Cleaner

Blue Screen of Death

BlueScreenView

Anti Malware

Portable

AdwCleaner

Emsisoft Emergency Kit

Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool

Norton Power Eraser

RKill

Rootkit

GMER

TDSSKiller

Instalable

Bitdefender Free

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Ransomware

Kaspersky Anti Ransomware Tool

Programs

Multiple Programs Updater/Installer

Patch My PC

Web Browsers

Mozilla Firefox

Google Chrome

Multimedia

FFmpeg

Audio/Video

VLC media player

Kdenlive

Audacity

Pictures

ImageGlass

Paint.NET

Pinta

darktable

Documents

Libre Office

Notepad++

Sumatra PDF

NAPS2

Archiving

7-Zip

7-Zip Zstd

Copying

FastCopy

SysInternals

Command Line

Junction ⬇️

PendMoves and MoveFile ⬇️

Sync ⬇️

GUI

Autoruns ⬇️

NotMyFault ⬇️

Process Explorer ⬇️

RAMMap ⬇️

Old

Windows 7 Games (and more)

Other

Permanent Process Priority Tool

PowerShell Downloads

General

Patch My PC

irm https://ezme.neocities.org/ps/patchmypc | iex

Mozilla Firefox

irm https://ezme.neocities.org/ps/firefox | iex

7-Zip Zstd

irm https://ezme.neocities.org/ps/7zip | iex

Remote Desktop

DwService

irm https://ezme.neocities.org/ps/dwservice | iex

RustDesk

irm https://ezme.neocities.org/ps/rustdesk | iex

UltraViewer

irm https://ezme.neocities.org/ps/ultraviewer | iex

Gaming fixes

Other

MSI Afterburner

Input Remapping

Program	Physical	Emulated
Universal Control Remapper⬇️	Any	Any
AntiMicroX⬇️	Any Gamepad	Keyboard, Mouse
JoyShockMapper⬇️	Any Gamepad with Gyroscope	Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad
Keyboard Splitter⬇️	Keyboard	Xbox Controller

3dfx / Glide

Program	Glide	Wrapper
dgVooDoo2⬇️	1-3	D3D 11,12
nGLide⬇️	1-3	D3D 9, Vulkan

DirectX

DirectDraw

Program	DDraw	Wrapper
DDrawCompat⬇️	1-7	Optimized DDraw 1-7
dgVooDoo2⬇️	1-7	D3D 11,12
CNC DDraw⬇️	1-7	GDI, D3D 9, OpenGL
DxWrapper⬇️	1-7	Optimized DDraw 7, D3D 9

If using Windows 8 or newer, apply this registry tweak.

Direct3D

Program	Direct3D	Wrapper
DxWrapper⬇️	2-8	D3D 9
dgVooDoo2⬇️	2-9	D3D 10-12
WineD3D⬇️	2-11	OpenGL / Vulkan
DXVK⬇️	8-11	Vulkan
dxvk-gplAsync⬇️	8-11	Vulkan
VKD3D-proton⬇️	12	Vulkan

DInput / XInput

DirectSound

If using Windows 8 or newer, apply this registry tweak.

XAudio

If using Windows 8 or newer, apply this registry tweak.

Other Audio

BASS

DLSS / FSR

NVIDIA DLSS DLL

NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation DLL

NVIDIA DLSS Ray Reconstruction DLL

Personalization

Behavior

Cursors

Integrated Tools

If the name has a Shield, it requires Admin Privileges.

Add Hardware

hdwwiz.exe

Add/Remove Windows Features

OptionalFeatures.exe

Boot options

msconfig.exe

Check memory problems

MdSched.exe

Clean Up the WinSxS Folder

Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase

Clean thumbnail cache

ie4uinit.exe

Command Console

cmd.exe

Control Panel

control.exe

Create Self Extracting file

iexpress.exe

Defragment and Optimize

dfrgui.exe

Defragment Drive

Optimize-Volume -Verbose -Defrag -DriveLetter DRIVE_LETTER

Device Manager

devmgmt.msc

DirectX information

dxdiag.exe

Download File

bitsadmin.exe /transfer myDownloadJob URL PATH\TO\FILE

Free Storage Space

cleanmgr.exe

Gamepads

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL

Group Policy Editor

gpedit.msc

Lock User

rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

On Screen Keyboard

osk.exe

Optimize SSD

Optimize-Volume -Verbose -ReTrim -DriveLetter DRIVE_LETTER

Performance Options

SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe

Run Background Tasks

rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks

Services

services.msc

Sound Settings

mmsys.cpl

Storage Manager

diskmgmt.msc

System Information

msinfo32.exe

System Properties

sysdm.cpl

Update the Clock

w32tm.exe /config /update /manualpeerlist:"pool.ntp.org" /syncfromflags:MANUAL /reliable:YES

Windows Version

winver.exe

Shortcuts

Restart Graphics Driver

❖ ⎈ ⇧ B

Open things

Open File Explorer

❖ E

Open Run Dialog

❖ R

Open Settings

❖ I

Open Task Manager

⎈ ⇧ ⎋

Open Emoji Panel

❖ .

Open Excel

⎈ ⇧ ❖ ⎇ X

Open Word

⎈ ⇧ ❖ ⎇ W

Open PowerPoint

⎈ ⇧ ❖ ⎇ P

Window management

Task View

❖ ↹

Task Switcher

⎇ ↹

Move apps to different quadrants

❖ ↑↓←→

Show/Hide the Desktop

❖ D

Minimize all Windows

❖ M

Screenshots

Capture and save the whole screen

❖ ⎙

Use Snipping Tool

❖ ⇧ S

Virtual Desktops

Change Virtual Desktop

❖ ⎈ ←→

New Virtual Desktop

❖ ⎈ D

Close Virtual Desktop

❖ ⎈ F4

ISO Modification

Download ISO, updates

Official

Windows 10

Windows 11

MS Update Catalog

Alternative

File list

Custom ISO

Custom PE

Tools for modifying

WinToolKit

NT Lite

Pendrive Managers

Single

Multiple

Activation

Web

• Reverse Image Search
• File Transfer
• URL Shorteners
• Online Compression
• Anti Malware
• Search Engines
• Web Extensions

Reverse Image Search

General use

Artwork

Anime

Furry

File Transfer

Direct

Download Later

Command line

URL Shorteners

fully random

anon custom

account custom

paid custom

Online Compression

General use

PDF

Only compress

Full editing suite

General converter site

Images

Video

Malware Scan

Files

VirusTotal

Hybrid Analysis

Scan Maldoc

AntiScan.Me

IP / URL

IP Void

IP Spam List

URL Void

VirusTotal URL

PhishTank

Report

Emsisoft

ClamAV

ClamAV False Positive

Bitdefender

Comodo

Microsoft

Other

’;–have i been pwned?

Chainabuse

Search Engines

DuckDuckGo

Google

Startpage

Qwant

Web Extensions

AdBlock

uBlock Origin

uBO Lite

FastForward

Security

Emsisoft Browser Security

NoScript Security Suite

CDN Cache

LocalCDN

Redirects

YouTube

Twitch

Git

Other

Multi

• DNS
• Torrent
• Emulators
• Fonts
• uBlock Origin Help
• FFMPEG Help

DNS

General usage

Bonus

These provide a service like Pi-hole in the sense that you can control Content Filtering via DNS, but it’s entirely off of your Home setup, and can be used anywhere. It’s not only Advertisements, but general Internet Protection, alongside caching, logging, and more.

Rethink

Personally I use these DoT and DoH settings, they block enough while not blocking stuff that I use.

NextDNS

NextDNS is more configurable than Rethink, allowing for example rewrites, ipfs, blacklist and whitelist, parental control, personal analytics, and improved security.

Fun fact, you can use the system automatic proxy url for the pseudo DDNS. Your OS will query the url, notice it’s not a Proxy.PAC and fail silently, while still updating the IP.

Nintendo related

Torrent

Searching

Download

Local

Web

Trackers

Emulators

Table of Contents

Multisystem Emulators

Nintendo

Sony

Sega

Microsoft

Atari

Multisystem Emulators

RetroArch

Bizhawk

Mednafen

MAME

FinalBurn Neo

ares

Nintendo

NES

fdd

SNES

N64

jp us dev

Gamecube / Wii

ipl drivers usb

Wii u

fonts menu usb

Switch

keys firmware drivers usb

GameBoy / Color

dmg cgb sgb

GameBoy Advance

bios

NDS / DSi

nds dsi

3DS

firmware files boot drivers

Sony

PlayStation 1

bios

PlayStation 2

bios

PlayStation 3

firmware backup

PSP

firmware fonts

PSVita

firmware backup drivers

Sega

Master System / Game Gear

bios

Genesis / CD / 32X

genesis cd 32x

Saturn

bios

Dreamcast

bios

Microsoft

Xbox

bios hdd

Xbox 360

Atari

2600

5200

7800

XEGS

Jaguar

Lynx

bios

Revived Networks

Nintendo

Wimmfi

Works for the Wii and DS.

Pretendo Network

Works for the Wii^U and (new) 3DS.

Xbox

Insignia

Works for the OG Xbox.

PC

333networks

OpenSpy

Both work to revive GameSpy for PC, and OpenSpy also works for some PS2 games!

Fonts

Latin

Sans

Serif

Handwriting

Mono

Code

CJK

Emoji, Symbols

Twemoji ⬇️

Noto Color Emoji ⬇️ ⬇️

Noto Emoji ⬇️

Noto Sans Symbols 2 ⬇️

Symbola ⬇️

Fantasy

Nasin nanpa ⬇️

uBlock Origin Filter Help

uBlock Origin Filter list

This is my personal list, where I make my own filters.

I also have a list for enterprise networks, where there is no fun allowed.

And also, a rules file that you have to manually add to the “My Rules” tab.

Oh, and just in case, arkenfox recommends ➗ Actually Legitimate URL Shortener Tool and so do I.

Invert blocking (anti-blacklist)

@@||example.com/important$1p

Static network filtering

Complete domain

||blocked.tld^

Block a CSS section

example.com##.ads

Block something based off of tags

example.com##[href=“/sponsor”]

example.com##.table [src=“/ketchup’]

Types options

$script $image $css $media $1p $3p $font $frame $ping $inline-script $inline-font $match-case $xhr

Don’t allow a domain from another

||blocked.tld^domain=example.com

 Don’t block something, redirect to an empty/noop file

||example.org/folder/file$empty

||example.org/folder/file.js$script,redirect=noop.js

||example.org/folder/video.mp4$mp4

||example.org/folder/audio.mp3$media,redirect=noop-0.1s.mp3

||example.org/folder/image.png$image,redirect=2x2.png

Remove a URL parameter

example.org$removeparam=TrackerID

Static extended filtering

HTML filters

use view-source, not inspect element

example.org##^.badstuff

example.com##^script:has-text(whatever)

Scriptlet injection

Cookie remover

example.com##+js(cookie-remover)

example.com##+js(cookie-remover, cookie_name_regex)

FFMPEG Help

Want a better experience to what the official FFmpeg Filters Documentation shows?

Use FFmpeg Filters Docs!

General options

Hardware acceleration

ffmpeg -hwaccel "auto"

Less verbose

ffmpeg -hide_banner -v "error" -stats

Video Filters

Constant FPS

Duplicate/Drop frames

-vf "fps=60"

(linearly) Interpolate frames

-vf "framerate=60"

Fast Denoise

-vf "hqdn3d=1:1:4:4"

Slow Denoise

-vf "nlmeans=2:7:5:3:3"

-hwaccel vulkan -i $input -vf "format=yuv444p,hwupload,nlmeans_vulkan=2:7:3,hwdownload,format=yuv444p" $output

Deinterlace

-vf "yadif"

Resize

-vf "scale=1920x-1"

Using -1 as a size preserves the aspect ratio.

Audio Filters

5.1 to Stereo

-af "volume=1.660156,pan=stereo|FL=0.5*FC+0.707*FL+0.707*BL+0.707*SL+0.5*LFE|FR=0.5*FC+0.707*FR+0.707*BR+0.707*SR+0.5*LFE" 

Loudness Normalization

-af "loudnorm" -pass 1 -f null /dev/null 
&&
-af "loudnorm" -ar 48000 -pass 2 $output 

Video double pass

-c:v libx265 -crf 25 -pass 1 -f null /dev/null 
&&
-c:v libx265 -crf 25 -pass 2 $output 

-c:v libvpx-vp9 -row-mt 1 -b:v 0 -crf 25 -pass 1 -f null /dev/null 
&&
-c:v libvpx-vp9 -row-mt 1 -b:v 0 -crf 25 -pass 2 $output 

Add thumbnails

MKV

-i video.mkv -attach cover.jpg -metadata:s:t:0 mimetype=image/jpeg -c copy out.mkv

Image has to fit in a 600px square

MP4

-i video.mp4 -i cover.jpg -map 1 -map 0 -c copy -disposition:0 attached_pic out.mp4

MP3

-i audio.mp3 -i cover.jpg -map 0:0 -map 1:0 -c copy -id3v2_version 3 -metadata:s:v title="Album cover" -metadata:s:v comment="Cover (front)" out.mp3

Opus

-i audio.opus -i cover.jpg -c copy -disposition attached_pic out.opus

Image has to be less than around 750kB

Android

• Version info
• ROMs
• ADB PM Help
• WiFi ADB
• Magisk Modules
• Xposed Modules
• Tutorials
  • Magisk Installation

Version info

API Levels

API Levels This helps knowing at a glance which versions are being used and supported.

Update Tracker

Android Update Tracker This helps knowing how your phone is getting updates officialy.

Android ROMs

Name	Version	≈Devices
ArrowOS	T	100
CalyxOS	U	26
CarbonROM	R	50
crDroid	U	100
DerpFest	T	90
GrapheneOS	U	21
Havoc-OS	T	20
LineageOS	U	200
LineageOS for microG	U	200
OmniROM	U	6
Paranoid Android	U	60
Pixel Experience	T	110
PixelOS	U	60
Resurrection Remix	Q	80
Syberia OS	U	30

The letters, what do they mean?
9P, 10Q, 11R, 12S, 13T, 14U.

Bonus, Google Apps

ADB PM help

AndroidDebugBridge PackageManager

How to use?

adb shell

You can use the following commands after this one. To exit type “exit”.

adb shell $command

Change $command for any of the ones below, you wont be placed in a different shell.

List Applications

pm list packages -e $type

-s : system

-3 : manually installed

Disable Applications

pm disable-user $package

pm suspend $package

“Suspend” may be disabled after a (few) reboot(s), shows a Digital Wellbeing prompt.

Change permissions

pm grant $package $permission

pm revoke $package $permission

Want the master list of permissions? go Here

Optimizations

pm compile -a -m $type

space : reduce memory usage

speed : make apps faster

pm trim-caches 999999999999999999

You can repeat this command many times, the longer it takes to execute, the more cache it removed.

Wifi ADB

Make sure only one device is connected at a time.

Enable TCP/IP mode

adb tcpip 55555

Connect to the phone

The easiest way to know the local IP address of your phone is to look at the wifi settings of the current network, it should be like 192.168.0.100 or similar.

adb connect 192.168.0.100:55555

Now you can use adb wirelessly!

Magisk Modules

Some require Zygisk to be enabled.

General

Simple Bootloop Saver

1Controller

liboemcrypto disabler

Battery

Advanced Charging Controller

GMS Doze

Personalization

LSPosed Framework

Twemoji replacer

Audio

Audio Misc Settings

DRC Remover

USB Samplerate Unlocker

Audio Jitter Silencer

Audio Compatibility Patch

Audio Modification Library

Privacy

A-GPS SUPL replacer

DRM Disabler

App Data Isolation

Performance

Yet Another Kernel Tweaker

RiProG-AI

Space saving Ahead-of-Time

Unity Fix

Automatic SQLite DB Optimizer

SafetyNet

Universal SafetyNet & Play Integrity Fix [MOD]

Play Integrity Fork

Shamiko

Zygisk-Assistant

Hide UserDebug, Test-Keys and LineageOS

Sensitive Props

xmlpak-RE

Tricky Store

Xposed Modules

Quality of Life improvements

Automatic Avanced Settings Expander

Better Bluetooth Device Sort

SMS Code

Maps Tweaks

Tarnhelm

User Interface

Mobile Icon Changer

Notification Shade Transparency

Location Indicator Whitelist

QuoteLockX

Installer++

Advanced

Enable Screenshot

Bypass Root Check Pro

FakeGApps

Bootloader Spoofer

Update Locker

Magisk Installation

Prerequisites

You need to have the following programs:

platform-tools (adb, fastboot) and python.

Getting the files

You need a copy of your boot.img file, which is sometimes distributed alongside the main Custom ROM, but is also available in the payload.bin in the installation ZIP (we need to use Python to extract it!).

If you have your boot.img file already, only extract the vbmeta.img file.

Install payload_dumper

python3 -m pip install pipx

python3 -m pipx install payload_dumper

Why install pipx and then payload_dumper? Because pipx is better for installing isolated python modules automatically and reliably.

Extract the IMG files

payload_dumper --partitions boot,vbmeta payload.bin

Patching

Copy the boot.img to your phone, it’s small enough to go fast with MTP or FTP.

Install the official Magisk APK on your device, and click Install, that will lead you to patching your file.

If you are feeling adventurous, you could try unnoficial forks like Alpha, or just the official Canary.

After it finishes, copy it back to the computer.

Flashing

Boot into fastboot/download/bootloader mode, an easy way is by

adb reboot bootloader

Now just flash the modified boot.img and the vbmeta.img in a special way.

fastboot flash boot magisk_patched-$VERSION_$RANDOM.img

fastboot flash vbmeta --disable-verity --disable-verification vbmeta.img

Finishing notes

Reboot into Android, and you should see the Magisk APK telling you now have root and can install Modules!.

Apple

• iOS databases
• Tutorials
  • palera1n

iOS Databases

iOS Ref Shows in a simple table which devices are able to access which iOS versions.

AppleDB In Depth website to have the iOS and firmware versions of any device, alongside jailbreak capabilities.

Can I Jailbreak? Dedicated to knowing about JailBreak capabilities.

Install palera1n

Preparation

First, we have to install git and python.
If you have another package manager, change the command accordingly as shown Here.

sudo apt install git python3 python3-pip

usbmuxd

We want to handle the daemon usbmuxd manually, so we have to stop the service and initiate it ourselves.

sudo systemctl stop usbmuxd

sudo usbmuxd -f -p

Leave this terminal open, and open yet another one to continue.

git

Now it’s time to download palera1n, it’s important to note however that we need to use an specific method, due to the quirkiness of handling source control.

git clone --recursive --depth=1 --shallow-submodules https://github.com/palera1n/palera1n.git

cd palera1n

Installing

Finally it’s time to install palera1n on your device, first make sure it doesn’t have a passcode or Touch/Face ID (you might need to “restore” it to factory settings).

Now, we just run the main command, replacing that variable with the actual iOS version (like 15.7.3):

sudo ./palera1n.sh --tweaks $iOS_ver --semi-tethered

It will probably ask to install a few dependencies -like pyimg4-, just hit Enter and let it continue.

Eventually it will ask you to get your device in DFU mode, helpfully providing instructions (depends on device).

problems?

If it doesn’t work the first time, or it gets stuck in a step, try repeating the usbmuxd step, and running the script again. Changing the USB port, turning the lighting cable, using an entirely different cable, another Linux distro, another Computer (with Intel CPU), etc.

Finishing

After it’s done, you have to get into DFU mode once again, the device will boot and you’ll see the palera1n loader app in your home screen, open it and click install, which will eventually install Sileo.

Linux

• Distros
• Analyze SlowBoot
• Tutorials
  • Install Arch on EFI
  • Use the AUR

Distros

Please use mirrors that are closer to you, or torrent.

Alpine

Alpine Linux

Uses musl instead of glibc.

Android

Bliss OS

Arch

General use

Arch Linux

Hard to install? check my guide.

Garuda Linux

Artix Linux

Doesn’t use systemd, but rather OpenRC, Runit, s6, or dinit.

Specialized

BlackArch

[m]anage your [A]ndro[id]

System Rescue

Debian

Regular Use

Debian

SpiralLinux

Linux Mint

Vanilla OS

Privacy / Hacking / Security

Kali Linux

Parrot OS

Tails

Tails is strictly a LiveISO system, no installation is needed or indeed possible.

Red Hat

Official

CentOS

Fedora

Gaming

Nobara

OpenSUSE

OpenSUSE

GeckoLinux

Puppy

Puppy Linux

Puppy isn’t one single distro, but a RAM-only based on binaries of other distros.

Vanilla Dpup

Analyze Slow Boot times

System information

inxi -Frxxxz

Displays a lot of System Information

Programs and Services

systemd-analyze

Simple boot times info

systemd-analyze blame | head

Shows the 10 most slow services at boot

systemd-analyze critical-chain

Shows in red which programs were the slowest, in a chain of loading priorities.

Partitions

cat /etc/fstab

Displays how your partitions are mounted

lsblk -o NAME,LABEL,UUID,MOUNTPOINT

Lists what is actually mounted in the system, should be equal to the above

cat /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume

Should show the SWAP partition’s UUID

Install Arch Linux (EFI)

After Downloading the ISO and writing it on a DVD or Pendrive (or using Ventoy), just boot into the installation media and follow these commands.

If you are reading this with elinks, links, lynx, or w3m… Hi! and thanks for your preference :)

Use fast and pretty settings

reflector -c cl --sort score --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Change cl for your ccTLD of choice

pacman -Syy

Prepare the Storage Media

tip: if you have troubles with the file table, use this command to overwrite it

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda count=100 status=progress

cfdisk /dev/sda

use gpt

Format the filesystems

mkfs.fat -F32 -n "ESP" /dev/sda1

mkfs.btrfs -L "Root" -f /dev/sda2

mkswap -L "swap" /dev/sda3

Mount stuff

swapon /dev/sda3

mount /dev/sda2 /mnt

mkdir /mnt/boot

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

genfstab -U /mnt > /mnt/etc/fstab

Compression

In the fstab file, you can add the following options to enable compression, here is an example:

Also, add lazytime to the options for better performance.

Now remount the drive in order for the options to apply.

umount -R /mnt

mount -o compress=zstd /dev/sda2 /mnt

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/boot

Install the system

pacstrap /mnt base base-devel

Install the kernel

pacstrap /mnt linux-zen linux-firmware dkms linux-zen-headers

Install filesystem programs

pacstrap /mnt btrfs-progs dosfstools mtools refind efibootmgr

Install network programs

pacstrap /mnt ntp iptables-nft networkmanager dnsmasq reflector

Install audio programs

pacstrap /mnt pipewire-alsa wireplumber qpwgraph

Log into the new system

arch-chroot /mnt

Configure Locale

Goes without saying, but if you speak another language, change these two commands.

echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" > /etc/locale.gen

echo "LANG=en_US.UTF-8" > /etc/locale.conf

locale-gen

Configure time

Same with the time, if you live in another time zone, use that instead.

ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Santiago /etc/localtime

hwclock --systohc --utc

systemctl enable ntpd

Configure Names and Network

You can use any hostname, this is just an example.

echo awa > /etc/hostname

systemctl enable NetworkManager

dnsmasq settings are now in /etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d/ due to NetworkManager.

Configure Users

Root

passwd

Regular user

You probably want to use your own nickname for the username.

useradd -m -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash uwu

passwd uwu

Use fast and pretty settings

reflector -c cl --sort score --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

Change cl for your ccTLD of choice

pacman -Syy

Install BootLoader

refind-install --usedefault /dev/sda1 --alldrivers

mkrlconf

cd /boot

Configure rEFInd

This is a very small setup, a more complete one looks like this:

These files assume you installed linux-zen and are using an AMD CPU, change those accordingly.

However, keep in mind you will probably want to use PARTUUID in order to use more storage devices at boot.

lsblk -o LABEL,PARTUUID | grep Root

and change the file as needed

Exit the system

exit

Unmount everything and reboot

sync

umount -R /mnt

reboot

remember to remove your installation media!

Use the ArchLinux User Repository

1. AUR Helper

paru

sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/paru.git

cd paru

makepkg -si

Config

This config makes it so that by default it doesn’t always asks you to edit PKGCONFIG or show you how the source files were modified.

Usage

Now you can just use paru as opposed to pacman, and it will install AUR packages automatically.

eg.

paru -S 7-zip-full

Keep in mind paru automatically calls sudo, so you don’t require to use it.

2. Custom Repo

Chaotic-AUR

First, install the primary key

sudo pacman-key --recv-key FBA220DFC880C036 --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com

sudo pacman-key --lsign-key FBA220DFC880C036

sudo pacman -U 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-keyring.pkg.tar.zst' 'https://cdn-mirror.chaotic.cx/chaotic-aur/chaotic-mirrorlist.pkg.tar.zst'

Secondly, we need to activate the multilib repository

Then, add these lines to the end of the pacman config file

Finally, run a regular upgrade to have it properly setup.

sudo pacman -Syu

Usage

Now the AUR is available with regular pacman, so you can keep using it as normal.

eg.

sudo pacman -S 7-zip-full

One advantage of using this repository, is that it will just provide packages pre-compiled, so you get everything in one go, but it has less packages due to space limitations.

Bash if statements

Test

You can check if the condition is true with the command test, here are tables of possible tests.

Basic

if [ 2 -eq 2 ]
then
   echo "yes"
fi

Else

if [ "2" = 2 ]
then
   echo "yes"
else
   echo "no"
fi

Else If

if [ 2 -ge 2 ]
then
   echo "yes"
elif [ 2 -lt 2 ]
then
   echo "no"
fi

Boolean Logic

if [ 2 -eq 2 ] && [ 2 -ge 2 ]
then
   echo "yes"
fi

if [ "2" = 2 ] || [ 2 -lt 2 ]
then
   echo "yes"
fi

Case

case $1 in
   2)
   echo "2"
   ;;
   a)
   echo "a"
   ;;
   *)
   echo "error"
   ;;
esac