u/LuvvyWuvvy

I wanted AnonSurf on CachyOS and ended up making a proper Arch port of Parrot’s version.

It uses its own Tor service, routes TCP and DNS through Tor, blocks unsupported UDP and IPv6 leaks, keeps LAN access working, and cleans up the firewall/network state when you stop it.

I’ve tested start/stop, DNS, Tor routing and normal network restoration on CachyOS and it’s working well now.

Repo if anyone wants to try it or look through the code:
https://github.com/Luvvydev/anonsurf-cachyos

I'm interested to see how it behaves on other CachyOS/Arch setups

I’ve used macOS and Windows for years, and I finally decided to try Linux properly as a daily desktop. I installed CachyOS with KDE Plasma and set it up alongside Windows.

What actually pushed me to try it was the terminal

I was using Homebrew a lot on macOS and liked how simple commands like brew install node felt. Then I started looking at Linux commands like sudo pacman -S nodejs and wondering why they seemed less intuitive and more complicated by comparison. That question made me curious enough to actually try Linux for myself and understand why things worked the way they did, instead of judging it from command examples that to me looked pretty counterintuitive compared to macOS

I still use Windows a lot, especially for games and certain programs, but I’ve always disliked how bulky the desktop and a lot of the built in stuff feels. With KDE I’ve really liked being able to change all the small parts of the desktop and set everything up how i want.

One thing that surprised me was realizing I could mount my Windows drives and work directly with programming projects that were already sitting there. Dual booting has also been easier to live with than I expected once I got the boot setup working.

Gaming has been surprisingly usable so far too. I’ve already run Dota 2 and a bunch of other games I like, experimented with some tools, and learned about things I had never really thought about before. I was also really happy to find out Sublime Text and Ghostty are available on Linux since I already use them on macOS.

So it really started as terminal curiosity, but the freedom and customization ended up becoming a huge part of why I like it. I’ve enjoyed learning how everything works & I’m definitely going to keep using it and see how much of my normal work I can move over, I really love it so far!!!!

I recently saw a restaurant video showing several live crabs packed into a tabletop steamer. It stayed with me, so I started reading the research on crustacean sentience and current welfare guidance.

I made a small, noncommercial site that puts the main sources and a few practical actions in one place:

• A prepared email for asking restaurants about their killing method

• A letter that can be sent to elected officials

• A short question people can ask before ordering

https://luvvydev.github.io/crustaceans-feel/

One of the main sources is the LSE review commissioned by the UK government, which examined more than 300 studies and recommended treating all decapod crustaceans as sentient animals under welfare law. I also linked the full review, relevant legislation, professional welfare guidance, and newer research.

I made the site myself. It does not represent a charity, restaurant group, or research institution.