Tor browser: specify a country node
Posted: 2024-03-31 Filed under: network | Tags: exit, node, tor, tor-browser Leave a commentI visit an old, Linux-dedicated forum, that sometimes does not like comments from users with a foreign IP address, due to its outdated engine or something. In order to post, I often need to prove that I am not a robot, via captcha. Well, I am not a robot and this happens only occasionally, but it’s still annoying. Therefore, I decided to find out whether I can use the Tor Browser with a pre-specified country for the exit node.
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Traditional names of network devices
Posted: 2024-02-04 Filed under: network, system | Tags: adapter, CRUX, eth0, grub, lilo, network, wlan0 Leave a commentMoving from Slackware to CRUX, I noticed that my network devices have weird names, such as enp4s0. What happened to the good old eth0? It did not bother me much at first, but… For example, I have a firewall script, where I specify adapter names, and it is a bit annoying to always check for the specific one, depending on the computer I am working on.
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r4-modules repo added to portdb
Posted: 2024-01-21 Filed under: ports, system | Tags: cran2crux, CRUX, modules, portdb, ports, R, r-modules, r4-modules Leave a commentMy collection of ports building R modules has been just added to the portdb section of CRUX, as r4-modules. At the moment, there are 374 entries, mostly bioinformatics-oriented. The ports themselves are hosted at my crux-ports GitHub.
I have been using the repo for about a month, but thought that others may benefit from it, too. So, here it is.
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cran2crux: ports for R modules
Posted: 2023-12-27 Filed under: ports, system | Tags: CRAN, CRUX, portdb, ports, R Leave a commentI use R in my work and I wanted to find a way to easily create CRUX ports for system-wide installation of its modules. Having them managed by the distro’s packaging system has its advantages: I can check them with revdep or use custom settings at build time. However, I did not find a ready solution, so I wrote a tool myself, called cran2crux (for detailed info, check it’s page). The cran2crux script automatically generates CRUX port(s) for R modules available from CRAN. On my TODO list is making it work with Bioconductor, as well.
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