Installing Archivebox

Archivebox allows quick saving of web pages.  Uses a plugin, currently using chrome version.

https://www.howtogeek.com/the-internet-is-disappearing-so-i-repurposed-an-old-laptop-to-save-it/

It uses for what I installed, a Docker container

Install with

curl -fsSL 'https://get.archivebox.io' | bash

Command line archive of a page

archivebox add --depth=1 'https://howtogeek.com'.

Install the extension in Chrome, add URL of the server

http://192.168.1.xxx:8000

Must use unencrypted page URL, the server doesn't redirect 443 to the 8000 server port

The extension has two modes: Allowlist and BlockList. In Allowlist mode, it won't archive anything unless you specify a web domain (like howtogeek.com) as ones you "allow" to be automatically archived by ArchiveBox when you visit them. 

referral in article to Kiwix

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Install and enable telnet daemon on Raspberry Pi

Telnetd isn't enabled by default.

sudo apt -y install telnetd

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and uncomment line 23 (line number is just a co-incidence).  Should be a commented out line for telnet, regardless of the line number (ed.)

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#:STANDARD: These are standard services.

telnet  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  /usr/sbin/telnetd

Restart the inetd service

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sudo systemctl restart inetutils-inetd.service

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Bulk application installer utility

 

https://tuxmate.com/

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Transfer package list from one linux system to new install

 

Open the terminal on your old machine and enter this command. It creates a list of all packages you manually installed.

apt-mark showmanual > packages.txt

Transfer the packages.txt file to the PC with the new installation. Open a terminal in the that navigate to the folder where you kept the packages.txt file. Then run this command.

sudo xargs apt install -y

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disable windows 10, 11 activity history storage on local device

 

Activity history going to MS should be off by default.  To disable it use this

 

Stop saving activity history locally on your device

1. Select Start , then select Settings > Privacy > Activity history.

2. Clear the Store my activity history on this device checkbox.

    

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/-windows-activity-history-and-your-privacy-2b279964-44ec-8c2f-e0c2-6779b07d2cbd 

 

angry ip scanner notes

angry ip scanner program on windows looses the preferences upon exit, which sucks.

the settings can be copied and pasted from here if need be

ports:

5901,5902,5903,8080,443,80,9090,21,22,23,3389,2022

change display to hosts with open ports

Generated by Angry IP Scanner 3.9.2

https://angryip.org

Scanned 192.168.1.0 - 192.168.1.255

Nov 10, 2025, 10:36:07 AM

IP              Ping            Hostname                Ports           

192.168.1.1     12 ms           OpenWrt.lan             80,443          

Common Options

-ssh / -telnet / -serial: Specifies the protocol to use.

-l [username]: Specifies the login name.

-pw [password]: Provides the password (note: this may be visible in process lists).

-i [keyfile]: Specifies an SSH private key for authentication.

-P [port]: Connects to a specific port.-load "[session name]": Loads configuration from a saved session.

-m [file]: Reads a remote command or script from a local file and executes it on the server.

Updated note:

When the Windows version is slow;  In preferences -> scanning -> Pinging -> pinging method

Set TCP port probe

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run windows "run" tasks with elevated privileges

One can run tasks from the "Windows" button, run line w/o finding the executable and using that method to launch as administrator.

Alternatively, press Win + R, type taskschd.msc, and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to launch with elevated privileges. 

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