Packages

Install Packages

apt install vim curl wget tor torsocks torbrowser-launcher vokoscreen-ng wireshark filezilla thunderbird keepassxy ssh openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome kolourpaint zsh tmux screen rsync rclone bridge-utils

switch shell to ZSH

chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh

switch screen Shell

screen
chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh

switch tmux shell

tmux
chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh

Install Brave Browser

sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl

sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list

sudo apt update

sudo apt install brave-browser

Restore Backups

rsync -av --progress user@backupbox:/path-to-backup ~/

Create a Linux Bridge

add the following to /etc/network/interfaces

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto enp4s0

## static ip config file for br0 ##
auto br0
iface br0 inet static
	address 192.168.178.10
	broadcast 192.168.178.255
	netmask 255.255.255.0
	gateway 192.168.178.1
	dns-nameservers 192.168.178.1
    # Bridge setup
 	iface br0 inet dhcp
    bridge_ports enp4s0
	bridge_stp off       # disable Spanning Tree Protocol
    bridge_waitport 0    # no delay before a port becomes available
    bridge_fd 0          # no forwarding delay












auto br0
iface br0 inet static
        address 192.168.178.10
        network 192.168.178.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast 192.168.178.255
        gateway 192.168.178.1
        dns-nameservers 192.168.178.1
        bridge_ports enp4s0
        bridge_stp off