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diff --git a/_items/software.md b/_items/software.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d2cda4a --- /dev/null +++ b/_items/software.md @@ -0,0 +1,280 @@ +--- +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) + |