Here is an overview of the technology I use on a regular basis. Feel free to contact me if you have questions or would like a recommendation.
Hardware
Desktop PC
Custom built PC, mostly for gaming, which is somewhat dated now.
- CPU: Intel i5-4690K
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- RAM: 8 GB DDR3
- Storage: 120 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
- Monitor: Asus, 1080p
- OS: Fedora 36
Laptop
Work machine for development, Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro Gen 7
- CPU: Intel i7-12700H
- GPU: Intel Alder Lake-P
- RAM: 32 GB DDR4
- Storage: 500 GB NVMe
- Screen resolution: 2880 x 1800
- OS: Fedora 36
Steam Deck
Gaming machine
For specs, see here
Peripherals
- Gaming Headset: HyperX Cloud Alpha
- Joystick: Logitech Extreme 3D Pro
- Gamepad: XBox One wireless controller
- Work Headset: Sony WH-1000XM4
- Keyboard: Keychron K8, TKL, QWERTZ Layout
Servers
I have two Raspberry Pi devices that run as servers in my local network. They both run on Raspberry Pi OS which is basically Debian tailored to these devices.
- Raspberry Pi 4, 4GB RAM
- Raspberry Pi 3B+, 1 GB RAM
Phone
I own a Google Pixel 6a with GrapheneOS as operating systems. I realize that buying a Google phone is somewhat ironic for a person like me but GrapheneOS is only available for Pixel devices so I decided to accept this tradeoff.
Software
Here is a non-comprehensive list of the major pieces of software I use, apart from my OS.
Desktop & Laptop
- Alacritty: Terminal, a Linux minimalist’s best friend
- neovim: Coding, text editing and note keeping
- LibreWolf: fork of Firefox for browsing with extensions:
- uBlock origin: Ad blocking
- uMatrix: Granular filtering of elements on websites
- Vimium C: Vim keybindings
- LocalCDN: Local delivery of assets
- LibRedirect: Redirect requests to various social networks to privacy-respecting frontends
- Cookie Autodelete: Delete cookies after leaving a website
- I don’t care about Cookies: Get rid of cookie banners
- Ungoogled Chromium: When I need a Chromium-based browser for some reason
- Tor Browser: Anonymous browsing
- Thunderbird: Reading mail
- KeePassXC: Password manager
- Bitwarden: Password manager
- LibreOffice: Office suite
Servers
- vaultwarden: Password manager
- FreshRSS: RSS feed aggregator
Mobile
- F-Droid: App store for FOSS-only apps
- Signal: Instant messaging
- Threema: Instant messaging
- Tor Browser: Anonymous browsing
- Tusky: Mastodon client
- NewPipe: Privacy-friendly YouTube frontend
- Infinity: Privacy-friendly Reddit frontend
- FairEmail: Awesome mail client, I use the Pro version
- OsmAnd: Navigation. I use the F-Droid version, it allows for unlimited map downloads
- AntennaPod: Podcast app
- Netguard: Connection filtering of my apps, I use the Pro version
- Nextcloud: Client for my Nextcloud server
- DAVx5: Syncing contacts and calendar with my Nextcloud
- Etar: Calendar
- KDE Connect: Share clipboard, files and more between phone and desktop PCs
Services
- Posteo: Mail provider
- Hetzner: Nextcloud provider
- SimpleLogin: Provider for mail aliases
- Gandi: Domain registrar
- netlify: Deployment of my Hugo portfolio site
- GitHub: Code hosting of por tfolio site and collaboration
- Codeberg: Hosting my other code including this website
- Tailscale: VPN provider