--- title: Uses desc: A non-exhaustive list of hardware and software that I use. updated: 2025-05-11T19:39:37+0800 toc: true eleventyNavigation: order: 10 --- Below is a non-exhaustive list of the hardware and software that I use. You can find more /uses pages on [uses.tech](https://uses.tech/). ## Hardware - Laptop: Acer Predator Helios 300. Purchased in February 2018. - Smartphone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G. Purchased in August 2024. - Smartwatch: Xiaomi Smart Band 9 - Video game consoles: Nintendo 3DS XL (with [custom firmware](https://3ds.hacks.guide/) installed), and Nintendo Switch ## Software ### General - Fonts: [Readex Pro](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Readex+Pro), and [Intel One Mono](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/company-overview/one-monospace-font.html) ### Operating Systems - Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, with [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/wsl) (WSL) enabled and [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) installed as the Linux distribution - Smartphone: Xiaomi HyperOS 2.0, based on Android 15 - Smartwatch: Xiaomi HyperOS 2.0 ### Operating System Utilities - [Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility](https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil) - [WinScript](https://winscript.cc/) - [MIUI-Debloater](https://github.com/kirthandev/MIUI-Debloater-official) - Package manager: - Windows: [Windows Package Manager](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/) (winget) and [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/) - Linux: [APT](https://wiki.debian.org/AptCLI) - Mobile app manager: [Obtanium](https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium) - Screen reader: [NVDA](https://www.nvaccess.org/download/) on Windows, and TalkBack on Android ### Internet - Internet browser: [Mozilla Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/), [Vivaldi](https://vivaldi.com/), [Lynx](https://lynx.invisible-island.net/), and [Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/) - Search engine: [Ecosia](https://www.ecosia.org/) and [Mullvad Leta](https://leta.mullvad.net/) - Email service: [Purelymail](https://purelymail.com/), [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail) and Gmail - Email client: [Mozilla Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/) - Feed reader: [FreshRSS](https://www.freshrss.org/) ([32-Bit Cafe](https://32bit.cafe/) instance), and [Read You](https://github.com/Ashinch/ReadYou) on Android - VPN: [Proton VPN](https://protonvpn.com/) - IRC client: [IRCCloud](https://www.irccloud.com/) - Mastodon client: The official web interface on desktop, and [Moshidon](https://github.com/LucasGGamerM/moshidon) on Android - YouTube frontend: [FreeTube](https://freetubeapp.io/) on Windows, and [NewPipe](https://newpipe.net/) on Android - Reddit frontend: [Redlib](https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib) ### Productivity - Notes: - [Obsidian](https://obsidian.md/) for writing, project management and personal knowledge base - [Standard Notes](https://standardnotes.com/) for quick notes - Cloud file storage: - [pCloud](https://www.pcloud.com/) (Lifetime paid plan) - [Tresorit](https://tresorit.com/) for storing my most important files - [MEGA](https://mega.io/) for storing personal photos - [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) ([The Good Cloud](https://thegood.cloud/) instance) for storing my Obsidian vaults and notes - Bookmarks: Mozilla Firefox bookmarks and [Raindrop.io](https://raindrop.io/) - Text editor: [Notepads](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nhl4nsc67wm) - Office suite: [LibreOffice](https://www.libreoffice.org/) - Calendar: [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) ([The Good Cloud](https://thegood.cloud/) instance) with [Mozilla Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/) - Tasks: Nextcloud (The Good Cloud instance) with Mozilla Thunderbird - Personal finance: [Money Manager EX](https://moneymanagerex.org/) - Calculator: [Qalculate!](https://qalculate.github.io/) - Spellchecker: [LanguageTool](https://languagetool.org/) - Translator: [DeepL Translate](https://www.deepl.com/) - File archiver: [PeaZip](https://peazip.github.io/) ### Security - Password manager: [BitWarden](https://bitwarden.com/) and [KeePassXC](https://keepassxc.org/) - Multi-factor authentication Tool: [Ente Auth](https://ente.io/auth/) - Cloud file storage encryption: [Cryptomator](https://cryptomator.org/) ### Software Development - Integrated development environment (IDE): [Neovim](https://neovim.io/) with the [LazyVim](https://www.lazyvim.org/) setup - Code editors: [Vim](https://www.vim.org/) and [Notepad++](https://notepad-plus-plus.org/) - Terminal emulator: [Windows Terminal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Terminal) - Shell: [PowerShell](https://microsoft.com/powershell) on Windows and [Zsh](https://www.zsh.org/) on Linux - Version control: [Git](https://git-scm.com/) with [GitHub](https://github.com/) and [32-Bit Cafe's Gitea instance](https://git.32bit.cafe/) ### Media - Image viewer: [ImageGlass](https://imageglass.org/) on Windows, and [Simple Gallery](https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Gallery) on Android - Videos: [MPC-BE](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpcbe/) on Windows, and [mpv](https://github.com/mpv-android/mpv-android) on Android - Audio: MPC-BE on Windows, and mpv on Android - Music library: [Dopamine](https://github.com/digimezzo/dopamine) on Windows, and [Simple Music Player](https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Music-Player) on Android - Ebooks: [SumatraPDF](https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html) for Windows and [Librera Reader](https://librera.mobi/) FDroid for Android - PDF reader: SumatraPDF on Windows, and [MJ PDF](https://gitlab.com/mudlej_android/mj_pdf_reader) on Android - Comic reader: [YACReader](https://www.yacreader.com/) - Screenshot tool: [ShareX](https://getsharex.com/) - Screen recorder: [Bandicam](http://www.bandicam.com/) (also used for taking video game screenshots) - Image converter: [ImageMagick](https://www.imagemagick.org/) - Media converter: [Shutter Encoder](https://www.shutterencoder.com/) and [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/) - Game streaming: [Sunshine](http://app.lizardbyte.dev/Sunshine/) and [Moonlight](https://moonlight-stream.org/) ### Art and Design - Photo editor: [Affinity Photo 2](https://affinity.serif.com/photo/) - Vector graphic editor: [Affinity Designer 2](https://affinity.serif.com/designer/) - Drawing: [Krita](https://krita.org/) - Video editor: [Kdenlive](https://kdenlive.org/) - Audio editor: [Tenacity](https://tenacityaudio.org/)