Uses
This page is a quick overview of the tech I love and use, which serve me well for my work and hobbies, most software here is FOSS, some may not be, but I probably won't promote those.
Last Updated: November 2025
Software
I split this section between desktop (mostly Free Software and available on Linux), android apps and also cross-platform.
Computer
- OS: Arch Linux: Iβve finally done it, I use Arch btw.
- Desktop: dwm: A lightweight tiling window manager, check my rice
- Browser: Firefox - it works well after all.
- Terminal: alacritty: My terminal of choice. Fast and minimal.
- Shell: bash - I am too lazy to try others.
- Text editor: neovim- here I write my blogs, edit files and scripts.
- Password manager: KeepassXC - simple, offline, all I need.
- File Manager: pcmanfm - it just works.
- RSS Reader: newsboat - minimal, terminal interface
- Image Editor: GIMP - solid, and works for pixel art.
- Vector Graphics Editor: Inkscape - I design icons with it.
- Mail client: Thunderbird - classic, robust, good enough.
- Note-taking: Joplin - cross-platform and markdown based.
- Soulseek client: Nicotine+ - to download cool stuff.
Android only
- Launcher: KISS Launcher is current favorite.
- Browser: Fennec is a fork of Firefox without fluff.
- RSS Reader: Readrops: has FreshRSS and Nextcloud support.
- Podcatcher: AntennaPod is simply the best one.
- App Store: Droid-ify is a modern client for F-Droid.
- Email client: K-9 Mail is just great for me.
- Secure Instant Messaging: Signal is my favorite.
- Password manager: KeepassDX is great.
- Manga reader: Mihon is fantastic and tracks my progress too.
- Mastodon client: Tusky just works.
- 2FA Authenticator: Aegis, simple enough.
- YouTube client: Tubular is a clean front-end with Sponsorblock.
- XMPP client: Conversations is what I prefer.
- Matrix client: Element X is fine.
- Activity Tracking: ActivityWatch is a great tool to keep track of your desktop and android usage
- File Sync: Syncthing keeps files accross multiple devices synced up.
- File Sharing: LocalSend is similar to AirDrop and works great.
Web services
- RSS reader: FreshRSS is my reader of choice, Newsboat and Readrops have support for it.
- Email provider: Disroot is free, but I use Zoho Mail with my custom domain.
Hardware
Laptop
My computer is an Asus Notebook, especifically the VivoBook S15 S533E with these specs:
- OS: Arch Linux
- CPU: 11th Gen Intel i5-1135G7 (8) @ 4.200GHz
- GPU: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics]
- RAM: 8GB
- Storage: 512GB SDD
- Display: 15" 1920Γ1080
Gaming
- Nintendo Switch OLED (Tears of the Kingdom Edition)
- I use a NitroDeck for comfy handheld gameplay.
- Anbernic RG35XX SP (Silver color, runing MuOS)
- PlayStation Portable (Black, reshelled by me, modded with ARK-4)
- Miyoo Mini Plus (Transparent Black, running OnionOS)
Other
- E-reader: Kobo Clara 2E
- Music Player: Innioasis Y1
- Pen: Pilot Metropolitan
Peripherals
- Mouse: Logitech M-705
- Phone: Nothing Phone 3(a)
- Earphones: Nothing Ear (a)
- Microcomputer: Raspberry Pi 4B 8GB
Mouse: Logitech MX Anywhere 3
Phone: Xiaomi Poco F4
Earphones: Sony WF-C500
Unused but good
I decided to make this section to mention software that I no longer use but might work for you.
- Void Linux: A unique distro that is not a fork, its super light, fast and customizable.
- Endeavour OS: A simple arch based distro with a GUI installer and neat defaults.
- ArrowOS: A simple yet customizable rom for Android devices.
- Fedora: A great stable distro that I used for quite a while, served me well.
- DietPi: A great distro for Raspberry Pi with installers for lots of things.
- Godot: Easy to learn yet advanced Game engine, check the games Iβve made!
- Qutebrowser: Minimal-keyboard driven browser based on QtWebEngine.
- IceRaven: A Firefox mobile fork with more extensions and features.
- Material Files: File manager
- Yuito: A Mastodon client based on Tusky with some nice additions.
- F-Droid: A FOSS only app store.
- AwesomeWM: a lightweight tiling window manager with great customization.
- Neomutt: A terminal based e-mail client.
- khard, khal, vdirsynced: Contacts and calendar CLIs that can sync via DAV.
- Pass: Minimal password manager that I still use with some scripts.
- KDEConnect: Great tool to connect my phone and computer.
- Jellyfin A pretty good media management server.
- Nextcloud: A self-hosted cloud with a lot of extensions too, like syncing my podcasts and such.
- The Lounge: IRC web client that stays online, so it keeps the chat history and the like.
- Komga: A media server with a focus on Manga and comics.
- Newpipe: YouTube front-end with a lot of features.
- Librera: A fantastic ebook reader that can be customized quite nicely.
- Infinity for Reddit: A Reddit client for Android that is pretty cool.
- GadgetBridge: Connect with my smartwatch without giving away my data.
- FitoTrack: A fitness tracker, integrates with GadgetBridge.
Changelog 2025-04
- Added GIMP, KISS Launcher, Signal, Joplin
- Removed Librera, Pass, khal, khard, vdirsynced
- Replaced Newpipe with Tubular
- Replaced Neomutt with Thunderbird
- Replaced Firefox with Zen Browser (desktop) and Fennec (android)
- Renamed Self-hosted to Web Services
Changelog 2025-11
- Updated list format to show generic program names instead of just the program itself.
- Added gaming devices, reader, music player
- Replaced Phone to Nothing 3(a)
- Removed ArrowOS, I stick to stock NothingOS stock
- Added Tubular, a YouTube client
- Added Nicotine+, Soulseek client
- Added Conversations, XMPP client
- Added Element X, Matrix client
- Added Email providers