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I switched from ABP to this hosts file a few months ago and I have zero regret. My browser's faster, lighter and ads are blocked just as well as with ABP. I ac

by bru 12y ago

I switched from ABP to this hosts file a few months ago and I have zero regret. My browser's faster, lighter and ads are blocked just as well as with ABP. I actually even started splitting my hosts file: the layout is /etc/hosts ('compiled' version) /etc/hosts.d/ /etc/hosts.d/aaa-warning (warning reminding me to run `update-hosts` instead of modifying /etc/hosts. Appears atop the compiled file) /etc/hosts.d/adblock (that website's hosts file) /etc/hosts.d/base (original system hosts file) /etc/hosts.d/dolead (work-related file for development) And I have the following functions in my .bashrc file: function update-hosts() { cat /etc/hosts.d/* > /etc/hosts; } function update-adblock() { curl http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/zero/hosts -o /etc/hosts.d/adblock 2> /dev/null update-hosts } So if I want to update "adblock" (it is obviously an improper name) I simply do `sudo update-adblock` and if I change another file (mostly `/etc/hosts.d/dolead`) I'll just run `sudo update-hosts`. Works wonders.

TarpitCarnivore 12y ago
Have you been able to block stuff like Tynt, and other copy/paste triggered JS stuff?
- bru 12y ago
  I was not aware of Tynt, but I believe it's well blocked. I just looked at the adblock-hosts file, and 'tynt' appears several times. One of those lines is commented with a link to an article about tynt[0]. I tried copy-pasting from The New Yorker and TechCrunch (who, as claimed by the author of the article, use tynt), and both times there was no crap appended. 0: http://daringfireball.net/2010/05/tynt_copy_paste_jerks http://daringfireball.net/2010/05/tynt_copy_paste_jerks
  - TarpitCarnivore 12y ago
    Thanks, I may try this out and see if I can move over my few custom blocked sites that implement this stuff.
- eli 12y ago
  http://www.tynt.com/opt_out http://www.tynt.com/opt_out
barrkel 12y ago
Most of my adblock stuff is CSS based. I use element hiding helper to figure out which bits to kill. I have hundreds of these custom rules.
- walls 12y ago
  To be pedantic: That's not blocking, it's just hiding. They have vastly different implications.
  - spyder 12y ago
    To be pedantic: It's blocking from displaying it but not from the downloading.
userbinator 12y ago
If you want to pull hosts files from multiple sources, you may want to consider sort'ing and uniq'ing to remove duplicates.
migbac 12y ago
I made a simple script that merges, and removes duplicates from different sources: https://gist.github.com/louima/878171fc67d797cfcef4 https://gist.github.com/louima/878171fc67d797cfcef4
- pid1 12y ago
  Interesting and thanks for sharing. I've been using https://gaenserich.github.io/hostsblock/ https://gaenserich.github.io/hostsblock/

by bru 12y ago

TarpitCarnivore 12y ago

Have you been able to block stuff like Tynt, and other copy/paste triggered JS stuff?

bru 12y ago
I was not aware of Tynt, but I believe it's well blocked. I just looked at the adblock-hosts file, and 'tynt' appears several times. One of those lines is commented with a link to an article about tynt[0]. I tried copy-pasting from The New Yorker and TechCrunch (who, as claimed by the author of the article, use tynt), and both times there was no crap appended. 0: http://daringfireball.net/2010/05/tynt_copy_paste_jerks http://daringfireball.net/2010/05/tynt_copy_paste_jerks
- TarpitCarnivore 12y ago
  Thanks, I may try this out and see if I can move over my few custom blocked sites that implement this stuff.
eli 12y ago
http://www.tynt.com/opt_out http://www.tynt.com/opt_out

barrkel 12y ago

Most of my adblock stuff is CSS based. I use element hiding helper to figure out which bits to kill. I have hundreds of these custom rules.

walls 12y ago
To be pedantic: That's not blocking, it's just hiding. They have vastly different implications.
- spyder 12y ago
  To be pedantic: It's blocking from displaying it but not from the downloading.

userbinator 12y ago

If you want to pull hosts files from multiple sources, you may want to consider sort'ing and uniq'ing to remove duplicates.

migbac 12y ago

I made a simple script that merges, and removes duplicates from different sources: https://gist.github.com/louima/878171fc67d797cfcef4 https://gist.github.com/louima/878171fc67d797cfcef4

pid1 12y ago
Interesting and thanks for sharing. I've been using https://gaenserich.github.io/hostsblock/ https://gaenserich.github.io/hostsblock/