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