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diff --git a/_posts/2021-04-13-software.md b/_posts/2021-04-13-software.md deleted file mode 100644 index d2cda4a..0000000 --- a/_posts/2021-04-13-software.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,280 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Software that I use -subtitle: Desktop software, server software, phone apps, everything -tags: - - software - - open - - source - - server - - phone -cover: /img/software.png ---- - -## PC software - -All of the software on this page is cool and I think you should try it. I also -use all of this software, and will update this page when I find new, *even -cooler* software to use instead. Most if not all of my configuration files -(dotfiles) are on my [github](https://github.com/lonkaars/dotfiles). You can -clone these and edit them to fit your needs, or you can use them as a reference -for when you can't figure out how to configure something. - -### Regular software - -- **Email client**: [neomutt](https://neomutt.org/). It's fast and simple, - though configuring it was a pain in the ass. I'm currently using it in - combination with mbsync and imapnotify to get notifications for new emails, - and sync my mailbox for fast email viewing. - -- **Music player**: [mpd](https://www.musicpd.org/) with - [ncmpcpp](https://github.com/ncmpcpp/ncmpcpp). This is the best music setup - I've ever used. I download all my music in .flac format and mpd *just works*. - Since mpd has a server-client structure, I could also use this to set up - multiple devices that can add music to a central queue at a party or - something, but I just use it to launch [an fzf mpc - wrapper](https://github.com/DanielFGray/fzf-scripts/blob/master/fzmp) to - quickly add music while I'm doing something else. - -- **Text editor**: [nvim](https://neovim.io/). It's vim. If you don't like vim, - you should try using it longer. If you still don't like vim, you can use - [code oss](https://appimage.github.io/Code_OSS/) which is visual studio code - but without Microsoft's creepy telemetry features. - -- **PDF viewer**: [zathura](https://pwmt.org/projects/zathura/). It's a pdf - viewer with vim bindings, and it works with my TeX editing setup's live - reload thingy. - -- **Image viewer**: [sxiv](https://github.com/muennich/sxiv). It's like zathura - but for images, but it also does a bunch of other stuff that I don't use very - often. - -- **Browser**: [brave](https://brave.com/). It's a normie-friendly chromium - fork with extra privacy features! I of course use brave (or any - chromium-based browser) with [tampermonkey](https://www.tampermonkey.net/), - [ublock origin](https://ublockorigin.com/), - [stylus](https://github.com/openstyles/stylus) and [dark - reader](https://darkreader.org/). - -- **Terminal**: [st](https://st.suckless.org/). It's fast and simple, nothing - to complain about. I have my [own st fork](https://github.com/lonkaars/st), - with a bunch of patches that make me happy. - -- **Password manager**: [bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/). Open source - password manager that you can host yourself. It also has public servers which - are mostly free, but some features like time-based one-time passwords are - paid. All the clients are also open source. - -- **Document typesetting**: [LaTeX](https://www.latex-project.org/) (using - [latexmk](https://personal.psu.edu/~jcc8/software/latexmk/) with the - [XeTeX](http://xetex.sourceforge.net/) compiler). - -- **File browser**: [ranger](https://github.com/ranger/ranger). It's kind of - slow, but I use the bulkrename feature very often, and I haven't gotten used - to the perl `rename` script yet. - -- [unar](https://github.com/MacPaw/XADMaster). I like running `unar [archive]` - instead of using `7z`, `tar`, `unzip`, etc. It creates a new folder to unpack - to automatically so it does exactly what I need. - -### OS stuff - -- **Window manager**: [i3-gaps](https://github.com/Airblader/i3). I tried it - once and didn't switch back so this is a winner I guess. I've also heard good - things about [dwm](https://dwm.suckless.org/), though I haven't used it - myself. Most people complain about i3's limited configurability, but I - haven't ran into something that it doesn't do for me. - -- **Application launcher**: [rofi](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi). I've - been using rofi since I started using linux, and haven't switched to anything - else because it's *very* configurable, and has a dmenu mode for using it - instead of dmenu with other scripts. I use it primarily as my application - launcher, but I also have a hotkey setup to launch `bwmenu` which is a script - that fills in bitwarden passwords using rofi. - -- **Shell**: [zsh](https://www.zsh.org/) with [oh-my-zsh](https://ohmyz.sh/). - It's zsh, all the cool kids use it already. I do have `/usr/bin/sh` `ln -s`'d - to `/usr/bin/bash`, but I'd like to change that to `/usr/bin/dash`. Eh, I'll - get around to it someday. - -- **Status Bar**: [polybar](https://github.com/polybar/polybar). Simple bar, - gets the job done, the configuration files make me go insane though. It took - me a good half year of ricing to understand the polybar configuration files, - and I'm still not sure if I do. - -- **Notification daemon**: [dunst](https://dunst-project.org/). I used to use - deadd-notification-center, but that has waaaay too many haskell dependencies - on arch, so I don't use that anymore. - -- **Global keybinds**: - [xbindkeys](https://www.nongnu.org/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html). Simple - configuration, works flawlessly, 10/10. - -- **Compositor**: [picom](https://github.com/yshui/picom). It's a simple - compositor. I use it to enable vsync for desktop windows, and I have it set - up to only show a drop shadow on floating i3 windows. - -### Closed source - -- [discord](https://discord.com/). Gamer. The only reason this is listed here - is because I use discord with - [betterdiscord](https://github.com/rauenzi/BetterDiscordApp) (which *is* - open-source). Betterdiscord allows you to use custom css themes, custom - plugins and a whole bunch of other cool stuff that regular discord doesn't - do. It's technically against TOS, but I don't really care as I only use - quality of life improvement plugins. - -- [figma](https://figma.com). It's the designing software that I use to create - user interface or website mockups. It's easily accessible though a browser, - and it uses webassembly so it's also decently fast. It's free for personal - use. - -## Server software - -This is the software that runs on my home server. - -### Email - -I used [Luke Smith's](http://lukesmith.xyz/) -[emailwiz](https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/emailwiz) to set up my email server. -The script installs and configures an email setup with -[postfix](http://www.postfix.org/), [dovecot](https://www.dovecot.org/), -[spamassassin](https://spamassassin.apache.org/) and -[opendkim](http://www.opendkim.org/). - -### Etesync - -I run my own [etesync](https://www.etesync.com/) server for synchronizing my -to-do lists, calendar and contacts. It's relatively easy to set up, and has a -web interface that you can use with your own self-hosted instance. - -### Bitwarden - -I also run my own [bitwarden](https://github.com/bitwarden/server) server. It -uses docker with docker-compose, which are two things that I'm supposed to know -about, but I don't. - -I'm working on a connect 4 website myself, and I'm planning on learning to use -docker with docker-compose to make it easier to run the seperate parts that are -needed to host the project. - -### Git - -I have a [cgit](https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/about/) server to host my git -repositories on <https://git.pipeframe.xyz>, and I use -[gitolite](https://gitolite.com/gitolite/) for ssh git push access. Cgit is -very easy to set up, and I like it very much. Gitolite on the other hand is a -pain in the ass to set up, because the documentation is not that great. If -you're planning on using gitolite on your own server, set the umask in -`~/.gitolite.rc` of your server's git account to `0022`. - -### SFTP - -I have two semi-public sftp accounts set up on my server: `media` and `sftp`. -`sftp` is for generic file sharing, and `media` is for my media. Both accounts -have tty login disabled and are chroot-jailed to /var/media and /var/sftp. - -## Phone apps - -These are the apps that I use on my phone. I recently upgraded my 2017 Nokia 6 -to a Google Pixel 4a (sunfish). It's a great phone! You can root it or flash -custom rom's very easily, and it gave me new appreciation for the basic -features of a smartphone. The Pixel 4a has really good haptics. They're almost -iPhone level, though I won't be using iPhones any time soon. - -I flashed [CalyxOS](https://calyxos.org/) as soon as it was 5 minutes out of -the box, but ended up not liking it because of it's nonexistant root support. -I'm currently using [LineageOS](https://lineageos.org/) 18.1, rooted using -[magisk](https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk). - -### Open source - -- **One-time password generator**: [andotp](https://github.com/andOTP/andOTP) - -- **App store**: [aurora store](https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore). This - app works better when you're rooted, but it's way better than the google play - store. - -- **App store**: [aurora f-droid](https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/auroradroid) - -- **Password manager**: [bitwarden](https://github.com/bitwarden/mobile) - -- **Browser**: [bromite](https://www.bromite.org/). This is basically ungoogled - chromium but for mobile. - -- **Calendar**: [etar](https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar) - -- [etesync](https://github.com/etesync/android) - -- **File browser**: [material - files](https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles). It looks sexy, it's free, - it's awesome. - -- **Email client**: [k-9](https://k9mail.app/). - -- **Maps**: [osmand](https://osmand.net/). - -- **Music player**: [shuttle](https://www.shuttlemusicplayer.com/). It looks - sexy, it's free, it's awesome. - -- **Instant messenger**: [signal](https://signal.org/). [papa musk said - it](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1347165127036977153). - -- **Manga reader**: [tachiyomi](https://tachiyomi.org/) - -- **To-do lists**: [tasks.org](https://tasks.org/). This is easily the best - to-do app I've ever used, and it integrated very well with etesync. - - If you're cheap (like me), you can get 'free' pro by downloading this app - through f-droid instead of the play store. It's still nice to donate. - -- **Smart home control**: [home assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/). - [the whole spiel](/post/homeauto). - -- **Notes**: [leaflet](https://github.com/PotatoProject/Leaflet). It's - basically Google Keep but open source and without Google. It's part of the - PotatoProject which is a custom Android rom, and there were plans for an open - source notes sync server that you could host yourself, but I haven't seen - that pop up yet. - - The app is written in Flutter, and did have choppy scrolling animations on my - old phone. I'm not sure if that was a bug or my old phone just being - underpowered, but it's something I want to mention anyways. - -- **Weather**: [geometric - weather](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/wangdaye.com.geometricweather/). - It's really good. Good animations, live wallpaper, fast, etc. - -- **RSS Reader**: [tiny tiny - rss](https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fox.tttrss/). This app requires - that you host your own tiny tiny rss server, but I do and the app works - great! - -- **Myanimelist client**: [moelist](https://github.com/axiel7/MoeList). I don't - know how I found this app but it's a real gem. If you use MAL you should - download this app. - -- **PDF reader**: [pdf viewer - plus](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.gsnathan.pdfviewer/). This is the - only one that's actually decent. Good UI, good UX, pretty fast rendering. - 9/10 - -### Requires root - -- **Ad-blocker**: [adaway](https://adaway.org/). It does have a rootless mode, - though the app warns you that it's slower and impacts your battery life - negatively. - -- **Theme engine**: [substratum](https://github.com/substratum/substratum). - Substratum requires root on android 9+, unless you're on stock samsung (one - ui). Android 8 and under users can buy - [andromeda](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.andromeda). - Samsung users can buy - [synergy](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=projekt.samsung.theme.compiler). - They're both developed by the same people behind substratum, but they're not - open source. - -### Closed source - -- **Reddit client**: - [sync](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laurencedawson.reddit_sync) - |