Uses

I believe in free and open-source software.

My Linux desktop

PC components

Mainboard
MSI B550 A-Pro
PSU
Corsair RM750x
CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Cooler
Noctua NH-D15
GPU
XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT
Memory
Corsair Vengeance DDR4 RAM 32 GB
Storage
Samsung SSD 870 EVO 2TB
Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1 2TB
Western Digital WD50NDZM-598KS1 5TB
Display
LG 32GK850F (2560x1440 in 32")
DAC
XMOS Khadas Tone Board
Keyboard
Varmilo 'Vintage Days' VA109M ISO‑DE
Switches
Varmilo EC Sakura V2 Switches

Security

Encryption
LUKS2 Full-disk encryption with a TPM2 unlock
Passwords
KeePassXC Safely store your passwords and auto-fill them into your favorite apps (SSH Agent included)
Antivirus
ClamAV Engine for detecting trojans, viruses, malware & other malicious threats
Permissions
Flatseal Review and modify permissions from your Flatpak applications
Privilege
run0 Modern, polkit-based privilege management (successor to sudo), see the Sudon't approach of VanillaOS
Auditing
Lynis Auditing, system hardening, compliance testing
MAC
SELinux Flexible Mandatory Access Control
Firewall
firewalld Dynamically managed firewall with support for network/firewall zones

OS

OS
Unwritten My own custom fedora-bootc image hosted on GitHub
Desktop
GNOME 49 A visually minimalistic and polished desktop environment
GNOME extensions
AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support
Caffeine
Just Perfection
User Avatar In Quick Settings
Weather O'Clock A reasonable collection of extensions, no heavy changes

GUI apps

Browser
Firefox Free and open-source web browser
Email
Thunderbird Free and open-source email, calendar, and contacts
Text editors
Micro
Geany
GNOME Text Each for its own job
ison
Text Compare Side-by-side text comparison
Office
LibreOffice Free and open-source office suite
PDF
Document Scanner
GNOME Documents (Papers)
PDF Arranger Scan, view, merge, split, and rearrange PDF pages
Dictionary
GoldenDict-ng Feature-rich dictionary lookup with support for multiple formats
Audio player
DeaDBeeF Lightweight audio player with no bloat
Video player
mpv Minimalist, keyboard-driven video player
Tagger
MusicBrainz Picard Automatic music tagger using the MusicBrainz database
Media data display
MediaInfo Display technical data for audio and video files
Image viewer
gThumb Image viewer and organiser for GNOME
Image converter
Switcheroo Convert images between formats
Painting
Krita Digital painting and illustration
Imaging
GIMP Raster image manipulation
Vector
Inkscape Vector graphics editor
Colour picker
Eyedropper Pick and format colours from the screen
BorgBackup
Pika Backup
Vorta GUI frontends for BorgBackup
Settings
Extension Manager
Refine
Rewaita Manage extensions and fine-tune GNOME appearance

CLI tools

Shell
zsh Extended Bourne shell with many improvements
Shell history
Atuin Sync and search shell history across machines
Prompt
Starship Minimal, fast, customisable prompt
Terminal
Ptyxis
foot GNOME terminal with container support, and a fast Wayland-native alternative
Backup
borg
btrbk
chezmoi
rsync Deduplicating backups, Btrfs snapshots, dotfile management, and file synchronisation
Containers
distrobox
podman Run any Linux distribution in your terminal, powered by a daemonless container engine
System info
btop
inxi Resource monitoring and full-featured system information

Infrastructure

Hosting
Codeberg Pages For a community-owned web
Identity
GPG (Ed25519) Cryptographic proof

My Android phone

Phone

Phone
Google Pixel 7 Pro Google makes un-googling their devices easy

Mobile OS

OS
GrapheneOS Privacy and security focused mobile operating system based on Android

F-Droid apps

App store
F-Droid Catalogue of free and open-source Android apps
Browser
Vanadium Hardened Chromium-based browser, ships with GrapheneOS
Email
Thunderbird Email for Android (formerly K-9 Mail)
Messaging
Signal End-to-end encrypted messaging
Connectivity
KDE Connect Bridge your phone and your desktop
Passwords
KeePassDX KeePass-compatible password manager for Android
2FA
Aegis Two-factor verification token generator for your online services
E-book reader
Librera FD Read any book format with customisable display
Notes
NotallyX
Markor Quick notes and a Markdown editor for longer texts
Podcasts
AntennaPod Podcast manager and player
Media players
VLC Lightweight video playback for any format
Navigation
OsmAnd~
Organic Maps Offline maps built on OpenStreetMap — detailed or fast, depending on the trip
Outdoors
Trail Sense
Open Tracks Wilderness tools and GPS sport recording — no cloud, no account
Loyalty cards
Catima Store and scan QR codes (loyalty cards, tickets, and memberships) offline
Birthdays
Birday Birthday reminder, no sync required

My jailbroken Kindle

Kindle
Kindle Paperwhite 6 SE Signature Edition, 12th generation Kindle, 2024
Jailbreak
WinterBreak A way to jailbreak your Kindle and install your own apps on it
Reader
KOReader The most feature-rich ebook reader for E-Ink devices; comes with a powerful Vocabulary Builder