Software
On my PC(s):
- Editor: NeoVim for everything: code, text, this website, and so on.
- Web browser: Qutebrowser, mainly because of its Vim-like keybindings.
- Youtube players: My own Invidious instance on computers and NewPipe for Android.
- Mobile web browser: Iceraven. This is the best browser for android because it is the only one that is decent. Its features include:
- ACTUALLY not tracking you, at least according to my research.
- Extension support: I use UBlock Origin, Decentraleyes, Privacy Badger and CanvasBlocker.
- The address bar is on the bottom of the screen, which avoids the awkward reaching you have to do on other browsers.
- Search engine: SearXNG. I enabled Google, Duckduckgo and Qwant.
- Audio editor: Audacity.
- Video editor: Kdenlive.
- Photo viewer: nsxiv with a decent key handler.
- Photo organizer: DigiKam.
- RAW photo editor: RawTherapee.
- Terminal emulator: Alacritty.
- Linux distribution: NixOS.
- Password manager: Bitwarden.
- “Smart"phone OS: LineageOS (degoogled Android).
- Email client: aerc on PC and FairEmail for Android.
- Mobile navigation/maps: Organic maps.
- Terminal multiplexer: tmux.
On my servers:
- NeoVim & Tmux just like on my PC, with a lighter config for NeoVim.
- Linux distributions: Debian Linux, NixOS.
- Backups: btrbk, borg, rsync to another server.
For a few of those pieces of software, you can find my config files on the Renn.es Gitea instance and on GitHub.
Hardware
My laptop is a Framework 13 inch Ryzen 5 AMD, with 16 GB of RAM. Works great, most of the concerns I had before don’t really apply: I don’t notice anything with the hinges (they’re not noticeably wobbly) or the keyboard. The battery lasts for around 7 hours from 80% charge (with the smaller battery).
My mouse is the MX master 3 and my keyboard is my Triboard. They are both great, especially since I made one of the two :-)
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I use a second-hand LG Ultrawide 34” monitor. This is just incredibly useful, and makes using a secondary screen obsolete. The resolution, at 2560x1080, is not the best for the size, but I got used to seeing the individual pixels (especially since I have very good eyes), and it’s part of this screen’s charm.
My camera is a Lumix GX80, which is quite nice. There isn’t too much grain up to 1600 ISO (which is far enough for me as I mostly take photographs during daytime) and it’s quite small and fits my hand well.
My PC (USB) headset is the Logitech G pro X wireless. The range is average, but most of all, it’s very soft on the ears. The sound is good, but it still sounds far better on speakers. I also use a Philips Bluetooth headset for my phone.
My phone is the Samsung Galaxy S9. It does the job no problem even though it’s a few years old (LineageOS certainly helps).
For electronics, I use various MCU’s (Seeed XIAO’s, Arduinos, RPi Pico W) and Raspberry Pi’s. I also use an overpowered 100W Weller soldering iron.