TODO

This page is a list of projects currently being worked on and references to relevant information.

Easy first project :

• write about the distinction between distro / kernel / init / userspace / DE / windowing system / compositor / package manager

• mpeg container format
  • h264
• hardware accelerated media playback

• Write a page describing how matrix works, how it relates to FASSAG, and some client quirks to be aware of.
  • Maybe these should be separate pages?
  • [Thread] consider having a dedicated page to matrix
  • [Thread] the matrix.to page is apparently just broken ,,, the icon is just not viewable .
  • [Thread] Yeah so it commet receives a thread reply, it inserts the thread parent into the thread body instead of the new thread reply message

In Progress Pages :

• Finish LUKS guide , and probably split it up into simpler and more advanced guides
  • LUKS
  • NOTES:
    • for a bit of context as to why i wanted to write this in the first place, someone asked me "if i want the best security, how do i setup a LUKS partition?" and based on that question, I assume that just telling them "the defaults are fine" would not be a particularly satisfying answer. so i did my best to research everything, and tried to compile an exhaustive list of reasons why the defaults are OK. i went in assuming that there might be like, some algorithm that has a very strong performance cost for better security, but ultimately concluded, that wasn't really the case . but like , only after trying to understand everything.
    • "a good amount of this information is pulled from [link]" by itself sounds kinda weird, like why should someone read your post instead of just going to that link immediately? perhaps "The [cryptsetup FAQ](...) is a great in-depth resource on all the available security options, but it's pretty long and complex. This post will cover the basics so you can get set up quickly with a reasonably secure system."
    • if your system is starved of entropy, one technique I've seen is to use random.org , e.g. curl -Ss https://www.random.org/cgi-bin/randbyte?nbytes=16384&format=f > /dev/random
      • then you should be able to run any programs that would block on /dev/random
    • you should define what "post quantum resistant" means if you're going to mention it, IMO
    • ZFS actually uses an authenticated encryption mode by default (AES-GCM) which is how it can detect tampering. i think this is what you meant, but saying "XTS vulnerabilities can be mitigated with ZFS or BTRFS"  is a little less clear than "XTS has vulnerabilities under certain threat models, such as A, B and C [IMO if you're going to mention this you should also explain what the vulnerabilities are, you can't just drop this with no context]. If you are concerned about these issues, you should use an authenticated encryption mode like AES-GCM, which is unfortunately not available with LUKS due to the additional space needed for the authentication tags, but can be accomplished with a supporting filesystem such as ZFS."
      • i don't remember where i read that "ZFS and BTRFS will help with the corruption issues of XTS" they may not have even been talking about LUKS directly and i just got confused (it was probably Wikipedia)
    • i guess to expand on this, if you have a good idea of what your target audience is then you should be evaluating everything in the post from that point of view. suppose you are a beginner who doesn't know anything about crypto. "XTS has vulnerabilities" and "AES-256 is post quantum" are meaningless to u without further context. maybe the context for those things isn't the point of the post, but in that case u could maybe link to further resources or have some further explanation in footnotes

Needs Research / Implementation

• A guide on how to use and navigate around the WIKI would be a very good idea
  • TBH I'm not entirely sure how wikis are usually structured, maybe something to look into
    • from what i can remember offhand, usually the home page has some links to more specific topics, which then link out to other articles
      • probably there *shouldn't* be an orphaned articles
  • we could also figure out if we want to have a more "document" focused theme for desktop like maybe BlueSpice
    • if we have something less functional than BlueSpice though, we'll want to explain in the guide how to change the default user theme if someone is interested in doing editing
  • how to use tables
  • how to use templates
  • how to use the WYSIWYG editor

• Braille / TTS support on linux
  • [Matrix] reference
• Templates
  • user profile information template (need to flesh out how this will look)
    • should have information about how they are best motivated
    • should have matrix account
    • should describe teams they are in and what roles they want to play in those teams
      • Roles are now defined through Template:Add role and Template:User roles in a user page.
    • a description of their skills and interests
    • DRAFT : User:Everlastingred
  • TODO item template? probably to gather information from relevant pages but some TODOs will likely not have a page? dunno, something to think about
  • "this page is not yet completed" / "this page is a draft?" ( would be nice to have a directory of all unfinished pages as well )
  • "this page is a placeholder"
  • "this page is an accessory to another?" (maybe see or see also cover this, IDK)
  • tiered information ? as in , there will be a main page which gives a high level overview , and links to pages with more detail , and those pages would need a template to link back to the main page ? or perhaps the " See also " template would be enough , dunno . a graph of the different tiers of depth on the main page may also be a good idea ? probably should also try to figure out some ground rules about what kind of content is even suitable for which tier , how many tiers there should be , etc . for example , on the LUKS page , since that is assuming like , someone is installing linux , that's already like , above the base tier imo , which is just like " the OS that came on your computer "
    • something like :
      • beginner : only talk about installing software via easy methods on a device with its pre-installed OS
      • novice : willing to try safer OSes like linux
      • intermediate : can use a command line shell for simple things , and can edit config files
      • advanced : can write simple scripts and programs and knows their way around a CLI
      • expert : able to understand with low-level concepts like memory management and CPU instructions
    • though this might be too many ? or not enough , i dunno . i guess it would depend on the amount of content we have to talk about for any given subject
      • will try to figure some of this out when working on LUKS
• Unfinished pages :
  • LUKS
  • Lens
  • ( the rest of the roles pages have not even been started )