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diff --git a/posts/software.md b/posts/software.md index 50d05e1..f68e608 100644 --- a/posts/software.md +++ b/posts/software.md @@ -7,7 +7,141 @@ ## 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 +### Email + +### Etesync + +### Bitwarden + +### Git + +### Samba + +### SFTP + +### Minecraft + ## Phone apps +### Open source + +### Closed source + |