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-## dotfiles, shell scripts, and other scripts (decades of *nix 🐧)
+## 💾 the shell whiz toolkit
 
 <br>
 
-### dirs in  this repo
+##### ➡️ dotfiles, shell scripts, rooting, clouds, random scripts, decades of *nix, etc. etc.
+
+<br>
+
+---
+
+### chapters
 
 <br>
 
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+## rooting all the things
+
+<br>
+
+* **[chromebooks](chromebooks.md)**
+* **[grapheneos](grapheneos.md)**
+* **[linux on macs](linux_on_macs.md)**
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