Uses
A non-exhaustive list of hardware and software that I use.
Below is a non-exhaustive list of the hardware and software that I use.
You can find more /uses pages on 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
Software
#General
#- Fonts: Lexend, Readex Pro, and Intel One Mono
Operating Systems
#- Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enabled and Ubuntu 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
- WinScript
- MIUI-Debloater
- Package manager: Windows Package Manager (winget) and APT on Linux
- Mobile app manager: Obtanium
- Screen reader: NVDA on Windows, and TalkBack on Android
Internet
#- Internet browser: Mozilla Firefox, Vivaldi, Lynx, and Tor Browser
- Search engine: Ecosia and Mullvad Leta
- Email service: Purelymail, Proton Mail and Gmail
- Email client: Mozilla Thunderbird
- Feed reader: FreshRSS (32-Bit Cafe instance), and Readrops on Android
- VPN: Proton VPN
- FTP client: WinSCP
- IRC client: IRCCloud
- Mastodon client: The official web interface on desktop, and Moshidon on Android
- YouTube frontend: FreeTube on Windows, and NewPipe on Android
- Reddit frontend: Redlib
Productivity
#- Notes:
- Obsidian for writing, project management and personal knowledge base
- Standard Notes for quick notes
- Cloud file storage:
- pCloud (Lifetime paid plan)
- Tresorit for storing my most important files
- MEGA for storing personal photos
- Nextcloud (The Good Cloud instance) for storing my Obsidian vaults and notes
- Bookmarks: Mozilla Firefox bookmarks and Raindrop.io
- Text editor: Notepads
- Office suite: LibreOffice
- Calendar: Nextcloud (The Good Cloud instance) with Mozilla Thunderbird
- Tasks: Nextcloud (The Good Cloud instance) with Mozilla Thunderbird
- Personal finance: Money Manager EX
- Calculator: Qalculate!
- Spellchecker: LanguageTool
- File archiver: PeaZip
Security
#- Password manager: BitWarden and KeePassXC
- Multi-factor authentication Tool: Ente Auth
- Cloud file storage encryption: Cryptomator
Software Development
#- Integrated development environment (IDE): Neovim with the LazyVim setup
- Code editors: Vim and Notepad++
- Terminal emulator: Windows Terminal
- Shell: PowerShell on Windows and Bash on Linux
- Version control: Git with GitHub
Media
#- Image viewer: ImageGlass on Windows, and Simple Gallery on Android
- Videos: MPC-BE on Windows, and mpv on Android
- Audio: MPC-BE on Windows, and mpv on Android
- Music library: Dopamine on Windows, and Simple Music Player on Android
- Ebooks: SumatraPDF for Windows and Librera Reader FDroid for Android
- PDF reader: SumatraPDF on Windows, and MJ PDF on Android
- Comic reader: YACReader
- Screenshot tool: ShareX
- Screen recorder: Bandicam (also used for taking video game screenshots)
- Image converter: ImageMagick
- Media converter: Shutter Encoder and FFmpeg
- Game streaming: Sunshine and Moonlight
Art and Design
#- Photo editor: Affinity Photo 2
- Vector graphic editor: Affinity Designer 2
- Drawing: Krita
- Video editor: Kdenlive
- Audio editor: Tenacity
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