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#tools
#hardware
#software
#linux
Software
Computer
- OS: Arch Linux - settled on this after a while. I was a major distrohopper.
- Desktop:
- sway - A lightweight wayland tiling window manager, very low RAM usage
- hyprland - A more fancy wayland tiling window manager, more RAM usage
- Launcher: fuzzel
- Status bar: waybar
- Browser:
- Firefox - My main browser, syncs all my history etc from computers and phone via Firefox Account.
- Chromium - For testing and backup
- Terminal:
- foot - My terminal of choice. Fast, super lightweight and minimal.
- kitty - It allows for multiplexing the correct way (no tmux/screen).
- Shell: zsh - I like the auto-completion
- Text editor:
- Password manager:
- File Manager:
- nautilus - My GUI file manager
- yazi - My terminal TUI file manager
- Image Editor:
- Vector Graphics Editor: Inkscape - I design icons with it.
- Mail client:
- Note-taking:
- my text editor → helix
- Obisidian - cross-platform and markdown based.
- Music
- nokkvi - A great OpenSubsonic/Navidrome GUI
- Bittorrent Client:
- Soulseek client: Nicotine+ - To discover cool stuff.
- Utilities
Phone (Android)
- OS: GrapheneOS
- Launcher: KISS Launcher is a great minimalist launcher.
- Browser:
- Firefox
- Vanadium - (chrome), comes with GrapheneOS
- Podcatcher: AntennaPod is simply the best one.
- App Store:
- Obtainium - A aggregator via Github, Gitlab, Codeberg, F-Droid, etc.
AuroraStore → Google Play, :sad:
- Email client: FairEmail - Awesome FOSS client, payed via donation (6€)
- Secure Instant Messaging: Signal is my favorite.
- YouTube client: Grayjay - Good Client with downloading, account-less subscriptions, with Sponsorblock support.
- Communication:
- File Sync:
- Syncthing keeps files accross multiple devices synced up.
- File Sharing between devices:
- LocalSend is similar to AirDrop and works great.
Web services
- Cloud: Nextcloud - Cloud solution (Selfhosted)
- Email provider:
- gmail
- TutaMail - Free version, german provider
- MailU - Docker Email Solution (Selfhosted)
- Photo Management: Immich - Selfhosted Photo Collection Software (Selfhosted)
- Multi-Media:
- Jellyfin - Digital Multimedia Library (Selfhosted)
- Kavita - Digital Library for epubs, pdf, comics and manga (Selfhosted)
- Navidrome - Music library and streaming (Selfhosted)
- Time Tracking: TimeTagger - simple time tracking (Selfhosted)
- RSS reader: Miniflux - I love the simple, lightweight, minimalist feel. (Selfhosted)
- ReadItLater: Readeck
- Todo/Kanban/Projects Management:
- Document management: Paperless-NGX Digital Document handler, with OCR etc (Selfhosted)
- Analytics: Liwan
- Git:
- Codeberg - Germany-hosted git plateform, foss and non-profit
- Forgejo - The same software that supports codeberg, but selfhosted
- Wiki
Hardware
Phone
Laptop
- Thinkpad X250
- CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5300U CPU @ 2.30GHz
- GPU: Intel Corporation Broadwell-U GT2 [HD Graphics 5500] (rev 09)
- RAM: 8GB
- Storage: 256GB SDD
- Display: 12" 1366x768
- Ports: 2xUSB-A, 1xJack, 1xminiDisplayPort, 1xVGA, 1xRJ45, 1xSDCard, 1xSIM, 1x Square Charging
PC
- Custom Built
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Wraith Prism LED RGB (3.6 GHz / 4.4 GHz)
- GPU: Gigabyte Radeon RX 5700 XT GAMING OC 8G
- RAM: 32GB
- Storage:
- 460GB SDD
- 512GB NVME
- 512GB SSD
- 2TB HDD
- Display: 27" 1920×1080
- Ports: 8xUSB-A, 1xRJ45
Other
Peripherals
- Earphones: JBL Tune 310 C, black, wired - My brother found them on a communte in Innsbruck
- External Batteries:
Changelog
2026-06-02
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