From 5fb0163dc120039832789db67c7c1e214e79461d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Prefetch Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 21:19:02 +0200 Subject: Promote "Things I use" to blog post --- content/uses.md | 145 -------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 145 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 content/uses.md (limited to 'content/uses.md') diff --git a/content/uses.md b/content/uses.md deleted file mode 100644 index 684cf97..0000000 --- a/content/uses.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,145 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Things I use" -date: 2021-02-23T16:16:18+01:00 -draft: false ---- - -# 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. - -- cgit v1.2.3