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Tor

2025-03-31T19:37:41Z

Telephrag: Added how to connect via bridge since, torrc.sample and other wikis linked here don't have it.

The Onion Routing [https://www.torproject.org/ (Tor) project], aims to have a way to use the internet with as much privacy as possible, and the idea was to route traffic through multiple servers and encrypt it each step of the way.

== Installation ==

The Tor daemon can be [[Alpine_Package_Keeper#Add_a_Package|installed]] using the {{pkg|tor}} package. Use [[OpenRC]] to manage the tor service.

{{Note|The official Tor browser can only be installed using [[Flatpak]].}}

== Configuration ==

=== Tor service ===

Tor reads its configurations from the file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} by default, or if the latter is not found, from {{Path|$HOME/.torrc}}. A example configuration with documentation is in the file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc.sample}}. Logs are written to {{Path|/var/log/tor/notices.log}} by default.

The default configuration should work fine for most Tor users.

If Tor connections are blocked in your country, use {{Pkg|lyrebird}} package for a transparent proxy solution. To allow your tor daemon to use <code>lyrebird</code>, add the following line to your tor config file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} as follows:{{Cat|/etc/tor/torrc|...
ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/lyrebird}}

For config changes in {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd|# rc-service tor restart}}

In particular countries such as Russia, using {{Pkg|lyrebird}} might not be enough. In which case, access Tor network via bridge. First get a bridge either from official [https://t.me/GetBridgesBot Telegram bot] or request one using a Tor Browser installed on another machine. Then add the following to your {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}}:{{cat|/etc/tor/torrc|...
# Substitute bridge connection arguments with those received when requesting bridges
# There can be multiple bridges, one line per bridge
Bridge obfs4 ip:port RSA cert<nowiki>=</nowiki>cert iat-mode<nowiki>=</nowiki>0
UseBridges 1}}

For config changes in {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd|# rc-service tor restart}}

=== Firefox browser ===

To use the Tor service running on the local host, configure Firefox browser as follows:
* In {{Codeline|Preferences > General > Network Settings > Settings...}} , select {{Codeline|Manual proxy configuration}}.
* Enter {{Codeline|SOCKS}} host {{Codeline|localhost}} with port {{Codeline|9050}} (SOCKS v5).

== Tractor ==

The [https://framagit.org/tractor/tractor Tractor] tool available as {{Pkg|tractor}} package can be used to control the Tor daemon using the versatile GSettings for a personalized TOR experience. The GUI front-end [https://tractor.frama.io/carburetor/ Carburetor] for Tractor is also available as {{Pkg|carburetor}} package.

== See also ==

* [https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Tor postmarketOS wiki]
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tor ArchWiki Tor]
* [https://www.torproject.org/ Official Tor website]

[[Category:Networking]]
[[Category:Proxy Server]]

Tor

2025-03-31T17:59:42Z

Telephrag: Reverting due Cat template not working for some reason, sorry the mess.

The Onion Routing [https://www.torproject.org/ (Tor) project], aims to have a way to use the internet with as much privacy as possible, and the idea was to route traffic through multiple servers and encrypt it each step of the way.

== Installation ==

The Tor daemon can be [[Alpine_Package_Keeper#Add_a_Package|installed]] using the {{pkg|tor}} package. Use [[OpenRC]] to manage the tor service.

{{Note|The official Tor browser can only be installed using [[Flatpak]].}}

== Configuration ==

=== Tor service ===

Tor reads its configurations from the file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} by default, or if the latter is not found, from {{Path|$HOME/.torrc}}. A example configuration with documentation is in the file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc.sample}}. Logs are written to {{Path|/var/log/tor/notices.log}} by default.

The default configuration should work fine for most Tor users.

If Tor connections are blocked in your country, use {{Pkg|lyrebird}} package for a transparent proxy solution. To allow your tor daemon to use <code>lyrebird</code>, add the following line to your tor config file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} as follows:{{Cat|/etc/tor/torrc|...
ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/lyrebird}}

For config changes in {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd|# rc-service tor restart}}

=== Firefox browser ===

To use the Tor service running on the local host, configure Firefox browser as follows:
* In {{Codeline|Preferences > General > Network Settings > Settings...}} , select {{Codeline|Manual proxy configuration}}.
* Enter {{Codeline|SOCKS}} host {{Codeline|localhost}} with port {{Codeline|9050}} (SOCKS v5).

== Tractor ==

The [https://framagit.org/tractor/tractor Tractor] tool available as {{Pkg|tractor}} package can be used to control the Tor daemon using the versatile GSettings for a personalized TOR experience. The GUI front-end [https://tractor.frama.io/carburetor/ Carburetor] for Tractor is also available as {{Pkg|carburetor}} package.

== See also ==

* [https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Tor postmarketOS wiki]
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tor ArchWiki Tor]
* [https://www.torproject.org/ Official Tor website]

[[Category:Networking]]
[[Category:Proxy Server]]

Tor

2025-03-31T17:57:49Z

Telephrag:

The Onion Routing [https://www.torproject.org/ (Tor) project], aims to have a way to use the internet with as much privacy as possible, and the idea was to route traffic through multiple servers and encrypt it each step of the way.

== Installation ==

The Tor daemon can be [[Alpine_Package_Keeper#Add_a_Package|installed]] using the {{pkg|tor}} package. Use [[OpenRC]] to manage the tor service.

{{Note|The official Tor browser can only be installed using [[Flatpak]].}}

== Configuration ==

=== Tor service ===

Tor reads its configurations from the file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} by default, or if the latter is not found, from {{Path|$HOME/.torrc}}. A example configuration with documentation is in the file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc.sample}}. Logs are written to {{Path|/var/log/tor/notices.log}} by default.

The default configuration should work fine for most Tor users.

If Tor connections are blocked in your country, use {{Pkg|lyrebird}} package for a transparent proxy solution. To allow your tor daemon to use <code>lyrebird</code>, add the following line to your tor config file {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} as follows:{{Cat|/etc/tor/torrc|...
ClientTransportPlugin obfs4 exec /usr/bin/lyrebird}}

In particular countries such as Russia this might not work. In this case, access Tor network via bridge. First get bridges either from official [https://t.me/GetBridgesBot Telegram bot] or request bridges from settings of Tor Browser installed on another machine. Then append to {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} bridge connection arguments:{{Cat|/etc/tor/torrc|...
Bridge obfs4 12.34.56.78:90 FINGERPRINTALLCAPS123 cert=verylongcert iat-mode=0
UseBridges 1}}

For config changes in {{Path|/etc/tor/torrc}} to take effect (re)start the tor daemon: {{Cmd|# rc-service tor restart}}

=== Firefox browser ===

To use the Tor service running on the local host, configure Firefox browser as follows:
* In {{Codeline|Preferences > General > Network Settings > Settings...}} , select {{Codeline|Manual proxy configuration}}.
* Enter {{Codeline|SOCKS}} host {{Codeline|localhost}} with port {{Codeline|9050}} (SOCKS v5).

== Tractor ==

The [https://framagit.org/tractor/tractor Tractor] tool available as {{Pkg|tractor}} package can be used to control the Tor daemon using the versatile GSettings for a personalized TOR experience. The GUI front-end [https://tractor.frama.io/carburetor/ Carburetor] for Tractor is also available as {{Pkg|carburetor}} package.

== See also ==

* [https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Tor postmarketOS wiki]
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tor ArchWiki Tor]
* [https://www.torproject.org/ Official Tor website]

[[Category:Networking]]
[[Category:Proxy Server]]

Radeon Video

2023-10-08T13:14:21Z

Telephrag: /* Firmware */ Vega GPUs require `linux-firmware-amdgpu` as well. This also contradicts Gentoo Wiki linked near by that describe `amdgpu` as being for "for Vega GPUs and Raven Ridge GPUs"

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The following instructions are for modern AMD GPU chipsets covered by the <code>radeon</code> and <code>amdgpu</code> drivers.

== Firmware ==

For [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20AMD%20graphics%20processing%20units Vega and later], the {{Pkg|linux-firmware-amdgpu}} package is required. Otherwise, the {{Pkg|linux-firmware-radeon}} should be used.

See [https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/AMDGPU the relevant section on the Gentoo Wiki] for a more granular list of product names and microarchitecture names.

== Kernel Modesetting (KMS) ==

To enable [[KMS]] at boot:

# Add the <code>radeon</code> or <code>amdgpu</code> and <code>fbcon</code> modules to {{Path|/etc/modules}}: {{Cmd|$ echo radeon >> /etc/modules<br />$ echo fbcon >> /etc/modules}} or {{Cmd|$ echo amdgpu >> /etc/modules<br />$ echo fbcon >> /etc/modules}}
# Install <code>mkinitfs</code>: {{Cmd|apk add mkinitfs}}
# Enable the <code>kms</code> feature in the <code>mkinitfs</code> configuration by adding it to the <var>features</var> variable, e.g., {{cat|/etc/mkinitfs/mkinitfs.conf|features{{=}}"keymap cryptsetup kms ata base ide scsi usb virtio ext4"}}
# Run <code>mkinitfs</code>.
# Reboot to test the configuration.

== Wayland ==

Install the following packages as needed:

* {{Pkg|mesa-dri-gallium}}: '''necessary''' Mesa drivers.
* {{Pkg|mesa-va-gallium}}: VA-API drivers, for hardware accelerated video encoding and decoding

If driver auto-selection does not work, e.g. no mouse cursor under Sway, manual driver selection might be needed:

* <code>export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=r300</code>: for AMD's Radeon R300, R400, and R500 GPUs.
* <code>export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=r600</code>: for AMD's Radeon R600 GPUs up to Northern Islands. Officially supported by AMD.
* <code>export MESA_LOADER_DRIVER_OVERRIDE=radeonsi</code>: for AMD's Southern Island GPUs and later. Officially supported by AMD.

For VA-API:
* <code>export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=r600</code>
* <code>export LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=radeonsi</code>

== Xorg ==

Install either the Free Software driver {{Pkg|xf86-video-ati}} or the proprietary amdgpu firmware {{Pkg|linux-firmware-amdgpu}}.

<code>modprobe fbcon</code> might be needed to avoid black screen when leaving Xorg.

== See also ==

* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AMDGPU AMDGPU - ArchWiki]
* [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ATI ATI - ArchWiki]

[[Category:Drivers]]