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OS of choice

  • Workstations: Arch Linux
  • Server: Ubuntu, Proxmox
  • Mobile: Android

Workstations

Laptops

Servers

See homelab.

Electronics tools

See electronics lab.

Smartphone

  • Samsung Galaxy S22

Camera equipment

  • Nikon D3200
  • Lenses
    • AF-S NIKKOR 18-55 mm 1:35-5.6 G
    • Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM
  • Tripod: Vanguard Alta Pro 2+ 263AB100

Software

For self-hosted servies — see homelab services.

Media

  • Camera downloader: gphoto2
  • Image convertion: ImageMagick
  • Image editor: gimp inkscape
  • Image viewer: feh gthumb
  • Media inspector: mediainfo
  • Media player: mpv
  • Screen recorder: simplescreenrecorder
  • Screenshots: flameshot
  • Sound volume control: pamixer pavucontrol
  • Video editing: flowblade
  • Video encoder: handbrake-cli libdvdcss mkvtoolnix-gui

Internet/network

  • File sync: syncthing
  • Internet browser: firefox
  • Messaging: discord element-desktop signal-desktop
  • Network manager: networkmanager
  • VNC client: vinagre

Others

  • Finances: gnucash

Science

  • Calculator: bc
  • PCB design: eagle kicad

System

  • Disk monitoring: hddtemp smartmontools
  • Hypervisor: kvm lxc virt-manager
  • NTP client: chrony
  • Performance monitor: atop htop
  • Printer management: CUPS

Terminal

  • AUR client: yay
  • File browser: ranger w3m
  • Recorder: asciinema
  • Shell: mosh oh-my-zsh zsh
  • Terminal: rxvt-unicode
  • Terminal screen: tmux

Documents and text

  • Editor: vim
  • Notes: obsidian
  • PDF viewer: zathura zathura-pdf-mupdf

Window manager

  • Application launcher: dmenu
  • Compositor: picom
  • Montitor night colors: redshift
  • Screen locker: i3lock xautolock
  • Video driver: nvidia-dkms
  • Window manager: i3-wm
  • Window manager status bar: i3blocks

Fonts

  • adobe-source-code-pro-fonts
  • consolas-font
  • noto-fonts
  • ttf-bitstream-vera
  • ttf-font-awesome-4
  • ttf-hack
  • ttf-lato
  • ttf-liberation
  • ttf-monaco
  • ttf-symbola