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about:config settings to harden the Firefox browser. Privacy and performance enhancements.
To change these settings type 'about:config' in the url bar. Then search the setting you would like to change and modify the value. Some settings may break certain websites from functioning and rendering normally. Some settings may also make firefox unstable. I am not liable for any damages/loss of data.

Not all these changes are necessary and will be dependent upon your usage and hardware. Do some research on settings if you don't understand what they do. These settings are best combined with your standard privacy extensions (~~HTTPS Everywhere~~ No longer required: Enable HTTPS-Only Mode, NoScript/Request Policy, uBlock origin, agent spoofing, ~~Privacy Badger~~ etc), and all plugins set to "Ask To Activate".

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide being aware of the fact that I'm not an expert regarding the things outlined below, however I made my best attempt. A few people in IRC confirmed it worked for them and the results looked acceptable.

Attention: After following all the steps run gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache as root, this prevents various gdk-related bugs that have been reported in the last few hours. Symptoms are varied, and for Cinnamon the DE fails to start entirely while for XFCE the icon theme seemingly can't be changed anymore etc.

Check the gist's comments for any further tips and instructions, especially if you are running into problems!

Screenshots

Results after following the guide as of 11.01.2017 13:08:

First Method

Deleting the .git folder may cause problems in our git repository. If we want to delete all of our commits history, but keep the code in its current state, try this:

# Check out to a temporary branch:
git checkout --orphan TEMP_BRANCH

# Add all the files:
git add -A

Demo:

Spoiler warning

Spoiler text. Note that it's important to have a space after the summary tag. You should be able to write any markdown you want inside the <details> tag... just make sure you close <details> afterward.

console.log("I'm a code block!");

Enabling the Group Policy Editor on Windows 10 Home

On Windows 10 Home edition, there is no Local Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) and no Local Security Policy Editor (secpol.msc). These tools are reserved to Professional editions of Windows.

It is however possible to install them on Windows 10 Home if you need them.

Open a PowerShell window as administrator and run the following command:

Replacing Notepad with Notepad++ in Windows 10

Start an elevated or administrator Command Prompt.
Copy the following command and paste it in the Command Prompt window:

reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\notepad.exe" /v "Debugger" /t REG_SZ /d "\"%ProgramFiles%\Notepad++\notepad++.exe\" -notepadStyleCmdline -z" /f

To undo (reverse) the replacement, use the following command:

	## Delete a remote branch
	$ git push origin --delete <branch> # Git version 1.7.0 or newer
	$ git push origin :<branch> # Git versions older than 1.7.0

	## Delete a local branch
	$ git branch --delete <branch>
	$ git branch -d <branch> # Shorter version
	$ git branch -D <branch> # Force delete un-merged branches

	## Delete a local remote-tracking branch

	# /etc/udev/rules.d/60-scheduler.rules
	#
	# set none scheduler for non-rotating disks
	ACTION=="add\|change", KERNEL=="sd[a-z]\|mmcblk[0-9]\|nvme[0-9]\|loop[0-9]*", ATTR{queue/rotational}=="0", ATTR{queue/scheduler}="none"

	# set bfq scheduler for rotating disks
	ACTION=="add\|change", KERNEL=="sd[a-z]", ATTR{queue/rotational}=="1", ATTR{queue/scheduler}="bfq"

	24 - The Longest Day (Armin Van Buuren Remix) [2004]
	2HD - Sunflakes (Vincent De Moor Remix) [1998]
	2Trance & Moonforce - Sunset On Ibiza (Original Mix) [2007]
	3 Voices - Nightflight (Future Mix) [1994]
	4 Strings - All Around The World
	4 Strings - Catch A Fall (Club Mix)
	4 Strings - Daytime (Gizeh Remix) [2000]
	4 Strings - Desire (DJ 4 Strings Remix)
	4 Strings - Desire (Original Mix)
	4 Strings - Diving (Hiver & Hammer's Different Gear Remix) [2002]

	// ==UserScript==
	// @name Spotify ad skipper
	// @version 1.0
	// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
	// @description Detects and skips ads on spotify
	// @match https://.spotify.com/
	// @grant none
	// @run-at document-start
	// @downloadURL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Simonwep/24f8cdcd6d32d86e929004013bd660ae/raw
	// @updateURL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/Simonwep/24f8cdcd6d32d86e929004013bd660ae/raw