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-title: "Things I use"
-date: 2021-02-23T16:16:18+01:00
-draft: false
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-
-# Things I use
-
-## Server
-* [Alpine Linux](https://alpinelinux.org/):
- Minimalist distribution powered by
- [BusyBox](https://www.busybox.net/) and [musl](https://musl.libc.org/).
- It has a large-enough selection of both cutting-edge
- and stable packages to be practical.
-* [nginx](https://nginx.org/):
- Fast, secure and popular HTTP server,
- and a breeze to set up.
-* [OpenSMTPD](https://opensmtpd.org/):
- Email SMTP server by the venerable [OpenBSD](https://www.openbsd.org/) project,
- and the only one of its kind that nails the setup experience.
-* [Dovecot](https://dovecot.org/):
- One of the, if not *the* most popular email IMAP server.
- And for good reason: it's fast, secure, and a pleasure to set up.
-* [Rspamd](https://www.rspamd.com/):
- Spam filter for email.
- To be honest, I haven't looked into this one much.
- It has lots of advanced features that I barely understand,
- but still seems to be the most modern and usable spam filter out there.
-* [Zola](https://www.getzola.org/):
- Straightforward static site generator written in Rust.
- The only thing it's missing is some kind of LaTeX formula support,
- which is why I migrated to Hugo.
-* [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/):
- Another good static site generator, although not as good as Zola in my opinion.
-* [cgit](https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/):
- JavaScript-free online Git frontend,
- perfect for private setups.
- If you need something more advanced like user accounts,
- [Gitea](https://gitea.io) is a good choice too.
-* [acme.sh](https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh):
- Straightforward tool to manage TLS certificates
- issued by [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/).
-
-
-## Desktop
-* [Arch Linux](https://www.archlinux.org/):
- The distribution that, for me, delivers the best cost-benefit ratio.
- I'm not a big fan of [systemd](https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/)
- or [glibc](https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/),
- but the fantastic package manager and the huge repositories
- make Arch Linux unbeatable for working techies' day-to-day computing.
-* [i3](https://i3wm.org/) and [Sway](https://swaywm.org/):
- Lightweight window managers.
- Once you go tiling, you can never go back.
-* [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/):
- Web browsers suck.
- This ones sucks the least, and is developed by Mozilla,
- who still seem to care about privacy and security, and
- who created the [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) language.
- Firefox has all the necessary modern features,
- and provides an excellent curated set of add-ons.
-* [Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/):
- Email clients suck, just like email itself.
- This one just sucks less, since it's also made by Mozilla.
-* [Alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty):
- Simple, lightning-fast terminal emulator with
- extra goodies like 24-bit colours
- and live configuration reloading.
-* [pass](https://www.passwordstore.org/):
- Password manager for techies.
- It's simple, secure, transparent, and extensible.
-* [EasyEffects](https://github.com/wwmm/easyeffects):
- Real-time audio effects on Linux.
- I use it to tweak my headphones' response according to the awesome
- [AutoEQ](https://github.com/jaakkopasanen/AutoEq) project's data.
-* [Anki](https://ankiweb.net/about):
- Flashcard studying software,
- with a big [library](https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/) of community-made decks.
- Frankly it's not very user-friendly, but it does the job.
-* [Veusz](https://veusz.github.io/):
- Fantastic plotting software,
- and one of the most underrated open-source tools that I know of.
- It gives beautiful plots, can handle *huge* data files, and,
- because its files are just plain Python,
- you can automatically generate plots with a bit of scripting.
-* [KLayout](https://klayout.de/):
- Open-source chip layout editor, with advanced scripting functionality.
- I would've liked some more keyboard shortcuts by default,
- but at least I can make my own.
-
-
-## Browser add-ons
-* [uBlock Origin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/):
- The best adblocker out there. It's free *and* open-source!
-* [HTTPS Everywhere](https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere):
- In today's world, this should be included in all browsers.
- The fact that it's rule-based is unfortunate, but hey, it works.
-* [Decentraleyes](https://decentraleyes.org/):
- In an ideal world, browsers would include this
- to improve privacy and speed up page loading.
-
-
-## Terminal
-* [Neovim](https://neovim.io/):
- A modernized fork of the venerable [Vim](https://www.vim.org/) text editor.
-* [restic](https://restic.net/):
- Good command-line backup program.
- You'll need to provide your own storage.
-
-
-## Android
-* [LineageOS](https://lineageos.org/):
- Had enough of vendor-specific crap in Android?
- This open-source distribution has good hardware support
- and enough momentum to be the *de facto* standard version
- of Android for tinkerers.
-* [microG](https://microg.org/):
- Takes the Google out of Android
- by reimplementing proprietary libraries.
- It works very well; the only problem I've experienced is
- that push notifications take longer to arrive than usual.
- Installation is tricky, but they offer
- a [custom LineageOS](https://lineage.microg.org/) to make it easy.
-* [AdAway](https://adaway.org/):
- Effective system-wide adblocker
- that should work for all your apps.
-* [Aegis](https://getaegis.app/):
- Secure open-source 2FA authenticator app.
-* [Shelter](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.typeblog.shelter/):
- Isolates untrusted apps in an Android Work Profile.
-* [AnkiDroid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.ichi2.anki/):
- Good mobile frontend for [Anki](https://ankiweb.net/about).
-
-
-## Online services
-* [Gandi](https://www.gandi.net/):
- European domain registrar with the motto
- "No bullshit since 1999". They provide an honest,
- high-quality service at a competitive price.
- This statement is not sponsored.
-* [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/):
- Provides free TLS encryption certificates
- to anybody who asks politely, thereby making
- online security more accessible for small sites like this one.
-