Common Software

Reinstalled the system, recording common software (In Linux, Web browser and Android)

Software (In Linux)

• v2ray

  Essential for getting online.
  Switch to su, then bash <(curl -L -s https://install.direct/go.sh)

  2021/02/24 update
  There is xray, seems more powerful than v2ray
  link: https://github.com/XTLS/Xray-core

• Qv2ray

  v2ray GUI.
  A v2ray frontend I found recently; pretty good experience.

  Qv2ray can auto-configure system proxy on ubuntu gnome, but proxies for sudo commands still need extra config.
  Note: Linux Proxy Settings has the updated ubuntu setup method at the end.

• Wacom

  Drawing tablet.
  Not really software. Linux recognizes Wacom tablets by default, but some settings still need adjustments, e.g. simulate mouse wheel, right click press and only take effect after clicking.
  I mentioned how to set it up in 039 Log of migrating to Linux.

• Telegram

  IM.
  2020/07/28 desktop v2.2 supports multi-account, so multi-instances are no longer needed. My previous post: Note: Running Multiple Telegram Desktop Instances on Linux

• Firefox

  Browser.
  Comes with Linux, no need to install.

• mpv

  Video player.
  Install via apt. Config references are in 038 MPV configuration (not finished; still not fully understood, coo coo coo…

• okular

  File viewer.
  Great for pdf and cbr; fits my needs.

• aria2

  Downloader.
  Github - P3TERX/ Aria2 一键安装管理脚本 增强版 is an excellent one-click script.
  You can also apt install aria2 then use Github - P3TERX/ Aria2 完美配置.

  2020/08/04 update
  [P3TERX - Telegram Bot 控制 Aria2 下载并自动上传到 Google Drive、OneDrive]
  A telegram bot frontend for aria2 came out; P3 wrote a detailed tutorial.
  I tried to set it up as a systemctl daemon but it didn’t run, error: /usr/bin/env: ‘node’: No such file or directory
  I looked into it but couldn’t solve it. Today I tried different keywords and found it was an env var issue in systemctl: How to set environment variable in systemd service?
  Add Environment="PATH=......" with the $PATH value from bash.

• Rclone

  Cloud drive sync.
  Install via apt.
  On a VPS, see P3TERX - Aria2 + Rclone 实现 OneDrive、Google Drive 等网盘离线下载. Very fun.
  Unfortunately under restricted networks, I mostly use rclone only occasionally to download Google Drive files.

• Putty

  SSH client.
  Install via apt. Copying configs from Manjaro didn’t work; not sure why. Had to reconfigure.
  Previous post: Note: PuTTY Settings and Public-Key Authentication

• youtube-dl

  Video downloader.
  Download YouTube videos.

• you-get

  Video downloader.
  Mainly for Bilibili. With -c cookies.sqlite it can read Firefox cookies and download “VIP” quality videos.

• qBittorrent

  BT/PT.
  Migrating qBittorrent data: Where does qBittorrent save its settings?
  But after copying, qBittorrent starts re-checking torrents automatically.
  It takes too long (and also stresses disks). I wanted to skip it but didn’t find an easy way.
  The clumsy approach: find the torrent files that qb is checking, remove tasks in qb, and re-add via those torrent files with skip hash check (or magnet link, but that depends on network; torrent files don’t).

  • ~/.local/share/data/qBittorrent/BT_backup/ stores torrent files for tasks, but filenames are hashes

  • In qb, select the task, right click copy hash, then in bash copy those torrent files to a convenient folder, delete tasks in qb, re-add tasks
    (Too hard. Downloads are spread across three folders, mixed BT/PT, many tags. Otherwise it would be fewer tasks.

    2021/01/03 update
    Install qbittorrent-nox on Ubuntu server: How to Install qBittorrent on Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop or Server

    2021/10/07 update
    Github Wiki - Running qBittorrent without X server (WebUI only, systemd service set up, Ubuntu 15.04 or newer)
    Github Wiki - Linux WebUI HTTPS with Let’s Encrypt certificates and NGINX SSL reverse proxy
    Github Wiki - Installing qBittorrent
    qbittorrent-nox-static 4.1.9 version
    Linux服务器安装qBittorrent 4.1.9 nox (Ubuntu)

• Rime

  ibus-rime Chinese input.
  On ubuntu it seems preinstalled, no need to install manually. Previous post: Note: Set Up ibus-rime Chinese Input Method

• Joplin

  Notes app.
  Picked one with markdown preview support.

• Hexo

  Blog.
  Install nodejs first, then install hexo. nodejs can be installed via nvm (node version manager).
  Github - nvm-sh / Node Version Manager
  First post: Tutorial: Build a Personal Blog with Hexo + GitHub
  (Every reinstall I need nodejs+hexo again. Annoying.
  ((I’m too noob. Reinstalling is routine.

• fancontrol-gui

  Control GPU fan speed.
  pacman -S fancontrol-gui

2021/10/06 update
Unarchiver - Command line tools
Cross-platform CLI archive extractor, good for Chinese filename mojibake.
From: 用7-Zip解壓縮含有亂碼檔名的ZIP檔案、對抗 ZIP 亂碼檔名大作戰

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Additions

Some references:

• How to correctly add a path to PATH?
• What is the difference between apt-get update and upgrade?
• 在Ubuntu系统中使用Firefox播放HTML5视频的办法 (didn’t have this issue on Manjaro

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Browser Extensions

Some browser extensions I’m using:

• HTTPS Everywhere

  Block http links.

• Vimium

  Keyboard browser control, reduce mouse/tablet usage.

• Red Block

  Twitter block extension. Feature rich: can block followers/likes, and doesn’t trigger Twitter limits like block chain.

• SingleFile

  Save a whole webpage into a single HTML file.

• Tampermonkey

  Userscript manager. Install 解除b站区域限制 script to watch HK/MO/TW region anime. I watch less now though.

• To Google Translate

  Translate.

• Google search link fix

  Get real links from Google search results instead of Google redirect.

• uBlock Origin

  Ad blocker. Blocks YouTube ads. There are advanced features I haven’t explored.

• User-Agent Switcher and Manager

  Firefox can’t watch Bilibili live. This V2EX - Ubuntu 下 bilibili 无法收看直播，帮帮孩子！ post says it’s a UA issue. This extension can switch UA and fix it.

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Android

2021/08/18 update, some Android applications.

• Bitwarden

  Open source password manager. You can self-host or use official service, 7$/year.
  I migrated from 1password. Bitwarden UI is uglier, but otherwise fine; features are similar.

• SagerNet / AnXary

  Open source proxy app, replacing V2rayNG (heard it doesn’t follow open source license).

• F-Droid

  Open source app store, all apps are open source.

  2021/08/19 update
  Found an F-Droid alternative: Aurora Droid. Nice UI and feature rich.
  Most importantly, it can work with Magisk + Aurora Services to allow background updates without manually clicking install in F-Droid.
  Aurora Services： https://github.com/whyorean/AuroraServices

• KDE Connect

  Open source. Connect Linux KDE desktop with phone; can transfer files etc. Pretty useful.

• ClipboardCleaner

  Open source. On Android 9 you can run a service to auto-clear clipboard after a few seconds, but on Android 11 it no longer works.

• Fritter/NewPipe

  Open source, replacements for Twitter/YouTube.

• KOReader

  Open source ebook reader, optimized for E-Ink devices.

• Scrambled Exif

  Open source. Remove Exif metadata when sharing photos, and rename files.

• VLC

  Open source. The Android app is pretty good.

• Magisk

  Open source. Root toolkit (big rabbit hole, I haven’t jumped in yet

• FairEmail / XPrivacy

  Open source European apps: email client and permission manager.
  FairEmail supports PGP.
  XPrivacy can provide fake permissions.
  I saw these online but haven’t tried. Maybe I’ll look into it later.