minor treasures

May 17, 2025

an interesting repository of compelling technological feats, artifacts, and treasures.

Linux

Distro-agnostic

• Linux-TKG
  • a kernel modification focused on speed, input-delay, and gaming
• Proton-GE
  • a proton variant that focuses on extreme gaming performance
• Kitty terminal
• Neofetch
  • You gotta have it.

NixOS

• NixOS
  • An independent Linux distro focused on generating and maintaining a reproducible system, with easy package management, and a declarative and reliable system.
• NixOS Package search
• NixOS Wiki
• NixOS Official Manual
• NixOS Unofficial Manual and Flake Guidebook
• NixOS Tips & Tricks
• The Purely Functional Software Deployment Model PhD Thesis by Eelco Dolstra
• NixOS-shell
  • spawns a headless QEMU virtual machine
• Not-OS
  • small experimental OS for embedded systems based on NixOS

Arch

• Arch Linux
  • a lightweight and simple Linux distro that "keeps it simple."
    • Sold to me under the promise: "it dumps you into a terminal with nothing installed."
• Arch Linux Package search
• Arch User Repository(AUR) Package search
  • Selected Packages
    • Yay -- a package manager, pacman wrapper
    • Displaylink & Evdi-Compat-Git -- Drivers for Displaylink adapters and docks for Arch.
    • Virt-manager -- virtual machine controller for QEMU and KVM.
• Arch Linux Wiki
• Alex's Arch Linux Installer -- highly tuned XFCE Arch installer with custom repos, and many arch wiki configurations pre-patched.

Gentoo

• Gentoo Linux
  • a locally compiled and built Linux distro that is focused on customization with compilation flags, high-quality package management, and flexibility.
• Gentoo Handbook
• Gentoo Install Script
• "A Farewell to Arch Linux: How Gentoo Conquered My Desktop"
  • A post from a Gentoo user who eventually ended up back on Arch, ironically.

Linux From Scratch

• Linux from Scratch (LFS)
  • a step-by-step instructional guide for building your own Linux system, primarily educational
• LFS Main book
• LFS After book
• LFS Automation book

Docker / Containers

• Docker -- develop isolated services and applications
• Kubernetes -- aka K8s, opensource automation for deployment, scaling, and managing containers

Keyboards

Handwired

• Dactyl-CC (image)
  • A parameterized Dactyl split ergonomic keyboard built in C
• Dactyl Manuform(image)
  • A Dactyl with a Manuform thumb-cluster layout
  • DIYKeyboards.com -- storefront that sells Dactyl Manuform build kits
• lalboard (DataHand 3D DIY clone) (image)
  • A clone of the now-dead DataHand keyboard
• Hyper 7 R4 173$ keyboard (image)
  • A huge battle-station keyboard, upcoming
• Chordie (image)
  • A small chorded keyboard
• Fulcrum (image)
  • A smaller chorded keyboard.
• Keyboard Klavgen keyboard generator
  • A .stl generator for split ergonomic keyboards

Pre-built

• ZSA Moonlander

Switches

• Milktooth.nu store
  • A great little store with interesting switches unavailable otherwise.

Supernumerary Limbs

• Dani Clode's Third Thumb
  • A third thumb prosthetic attached to the outside of the hand and controlled with foot pressure.
    • Neurocognitive consequences of hand augmentation
    • Robotic hand augmentation drives changes in neural body representation
    • How to Extend Human Abilities with 3D Printing
    • DIY Third Thumb by an 8th Grader

Cyborg Manifesto

• A Cyborg Manifesto by Donna Haraway, University of Minnesota Press, 2016
  • "an effort to build an ironic political myth faithful to feminism, socialism, and materialism."

AI-Artifacts

• brain
  • is an Alpine Linux docker container with REPL and Lynx browser access using Pinecone for memory, connected to OpenAI API.

Hacking Tools

• Flipper Zero
  • portable multi-tool for pen-testers that has RFID, <1Ghz Radio, NFC, Bluetooth, Infrared, MicroSD.
• Pwnagotchi
  • portable DIY AI trainable pen-tester for wifi networks
• MassGravel Microsoft Activation Scripts
  • Online activator for Microsoft Windows
• Myrient
  • Sharing repo for old stuff
• Coreboot
  • custom, opensource, BIOS firmware

IT Automation / Treasures

• GAMADV-XTD3
  • Google Workspace Admin CLI with additional features not exposed in Google Workspace Admin (utilizing Google API)
    • GAMADV-XTD3 Commands
• Salt Project
  • Opensource infrastructure tool
• Chocolatey
  • Package Manager for Windows
• Homebrew
  • Package Manager for MacOS/Linux
• Nix
  • Package manager for Linux, MacOS, and WSL2 Windows, fundamental package manager for NixOS

Random

• Nosubject Wiki
  • Lacanian psychoanalysis wiki

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