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title: "Uses" |
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date: 2021-08-18T22:57:48-04:00 |
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This is just a simple page detailing some of the important tools I use |
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for those that may be interested! See [uses.tech](https://uses.tech/) |
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for similar pages on other individuals' websites. |
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## Hardware |
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### Desktop |
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I built my PC over the summer of 2019, *before* all of the component |
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prices shot up during the pandemic. If I was attempting to build this |
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now, I would have ended up with a significantly less powerful machine. |
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- **Webcam:** Logitech Brio |
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- **Microphone:** Røde Podcaster |
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- **CPU:** AMD Ryzen 7 2700 |
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- **GPU:** MSI Radeon RX 5700XT OC |
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- **RAM:** G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB DDR4-3200 |
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- **Keyboard:** Ergodox-EZ |
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- **Mouse:** Logitech MX Master 3 |
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- **Monitor:** Gigabyte AORUS FI27Q-SA 27" |
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- **Operating System:** Arch Linux |
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- **Window Manager:** i3 |
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I also have Windows installed for the odd game or two that won't run in |
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Proton; it's really nothing more than a gaming console for me. |
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### Laptop |
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My university scholarship paid for most of my current laptop but a |
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stipulation was that the device had to be new. I really wanted an old |
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Thinkpad that would have cost maybe $200-$300 after repairs and upgrades |
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but it would definitely not have been new. Instead, I found a |
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[refurbished Thinkpad X200](https://store.vikings.net/x200-ryf-certfied) |
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from [Vikings.](https://store.vikings.net/) Because they rebrand the |
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device on receipts, I was able to make the purchase and get a fully free |
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laptop with no binary blobs whatsoever. Because it's running Libreboot, |
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I'm even able to encrypt the boot partition so "full-disk encryption" |
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really does apply to *the full disk*. |
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### Other devices |
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I seem to have a thing for eink devices. A [Kobo Aura ONE Limited |
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Edition](https://us.kobobooks.com/collections/auraone-related/products/kobo-aura-one-limited-edition) |
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regularly finds itself in my hands when reading manga or graphic novels. |
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A [Kobo Clara |
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HD](https://kobobooks.com/collections/certified-refurbished-ereaders/products/certified-refurbished-kobo-clara-hd) |
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is usually used for all of my regular reading but becomes my daily |
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driver whenever I'm out somewhere or on a trip. |
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I also have a [Supernote |
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A5X](https://supernote.com/#/product?type=SN-A5-X) and have to say that |
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this is a *wonderful* device. Once it's finished, I'll link to my blog |
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post about it. For now, I'll just say that it sits on the corner of my |
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desk any time I'm home and can usually be found in my left hand whenever |
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I'm not. |
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## General software |
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As for more general software, I'll only mention things I feel are |
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particularly notable. |
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My personal operating system of choice is [Arch |
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Linux](https://archlinux.org/) because it's very easy to work with, |
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simple, and incredibly up-to-date. I've used it since somewhere around |
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2017 or 2018. On servers, I like sticking with |
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[Debian](https://www.debian.org/) wherever possible. It's a fantastic |
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and very widely supported distribution for pretty much anything. I would |
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eventually like to get involved with the project but my free time is |
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pretty limited at the moment. |
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My email setup is a little cursed but I use |
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[mbsync](https://isync.sourceforge.io/mbsync.html) for synchronising |
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IMAP server with my local Maildir, [NeoMutt](https://neomutt.org/) for |
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interacting with those emails, [GNU |
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Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) for composing mail, and |
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[msmtp](https://marlam.de/msmtp/) for relaying those compositions to my |
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[Postfix](http://www.postfix.org/) [SMTP server](https://nixnet.email/) |
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before sending them on their way to the recipient. Blog post about all |
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this coming soon™. |
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My browser of choice is [Mozilla |
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Firefox.](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/) I don't like the |
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company and the browser is slowly becoming worse and worse for the |
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average user but at least it's not Google and it's not contributing to |
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their total domination over web rendering :^) |
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Nextcloud also finds itself a home on my homeserver. As much as it's a |
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bloated pile of PHP that does a sub-par job at everything it attempts, |
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it does a good enough job to make life convenient. I mainly use its file |
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syncing, calendar, contacts, and sometimes music features. |
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I also use a lot of the stuff a friend and I run over at |
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[NixNet.](https://nixnet.services/) In particular, I probably I use |
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email, XMPP, BigBlueButton, HedgeDoc, Mumble, and wallabag every day. |
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*I use every open source messaging service known to man. Please send |
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help.* |
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