Uses

Below is a non-exhaustive list of the hardware and software that I use.

You can find more /uses pages on uses.tech.

• PC: Asus TUF Gaming A15. Purchased in July 2025.
• Smartphone: Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G. Purchased in August 2024.
• Smartwatch: Xiaomi Smart Band 9
• Video game consoles: Nintendo 3DS XL (with custom firmware installed), and Nintendo Switch

• Fonts:
  • Sans-serif: IBM Plex Sans
  • Serif: Literata
  • Monospace: Intel One Mono (default) and Maple Mono (for Nerd Font and Chinese character support)
  • Chinese: Noto CJK
• Colour scheme: Catppuccin (especially the Mocha flavour and Mauve accent)

• PC:
  • Linux distribution: Arch Linux
  • Desktop environment: KDE Plasma, with the Karousel script for scrollable tiling window management
• Virtual private server: Debian Stable
• Smartphone: Xiaomi HyperOS 2.0, based on Android 15
• Smartwatch: Xiaomi HyperOS 2.0

• Configuration files manager: Yet Another Dotfile Manger (yadm) (my dotfiles repository)
• Package manager:
  • PC: pacman, paru, and Flatpak
  • Virtual private server: APT
• Debloater: MIUI-Debloater on smartphone
• Mobile app manager: Obtanium
• Input method: Fcitx on PC, and Gboard on smartphone
• Screen reader: Orca on PC, and TalkBack on smartphone
• System information fetcher: fastfetch and hyfetch on PC
• File manager: Dolphin (GUI) and superfile (terminal) on PC, and Simple File Manager on smartphone

• Command line shell: Fish (default) and Bash
• Terminal emulator: Konsole
• Shell prompt customisation: Starship
• Terminal workspace manager: Zellij
• Fuzzy finder: fzf
• Terminal clipboard utilities: wl-clipboard
• Command line cheatsheet: tealdeer and cheat.sh
• cat command alternative: bat
• cd command alternative: zoxide
• find command alternative: fd
• grep command alternative: ripgrep (rg)
• ls command alternative: lsd

• Web browser: Mozilla Firefox, Vivaldi, Lynx, and Tor Browser
• Search engine: Ecosia
• E-mail service: Purelymail (primary, advanced pricing plan), Proton Mail (free plan) and Gmail (free plan)
• E-mail client: Mozilla Thunderbird
• Feed reader: Miniflux (my own instance)
• VPN: Proton VPN (free plan)
• IRC client: Halloy on PC, and Goguma on smartphone
• Mastodon client: Tokodon on PC, and Moshidon on smartphone
• YouTube client: yt-x (terminal) and FreeTube (GUI) on desktop, and PipePipe on smartphone
• Front-ends: LibRedirect browser extension for redirecting web pages.
  • Reddit: Redlib
  • Stack Overflow: AnonymousOverflow
  • Goodreads: BiblioReads
  • Fandom.com: BreezeWiki

• Notes:
  • Org Mode for project management and personal knowledge base
  • Obsidian for taking notes in Markdown format on PC
  • Standard Notes for cross-platform quick notes
  • Markor for taking notes in Org or Markdown format on Android
• Cloud storage:
  • pCloud (Lifetime paid plan)
  • Tresorit (free plan) for storing my most important files
  • Nextcloud (The Good Cloud instance, free plan) for storing my Org Mode files and Obsidian vault, as well as syncing files via the WebDAV protocol
• File synchronisation: Syncthing
• Bookmarks: Floccus with Nextcloud Files WebDAV, and my own instance of Linkding
• Text editor: KWrite
• Office suite: LibreOffice
• Calendar: Nextcloud (The Good Cloud instance) with Mozilla Thunderbird
• Tasks: Nextcloud (The Good Cloud instance) with Mozilla Thunderbird
• Personal finance: Actual Budget (my own instance)
• Spell checker: LanguageTool and GNU Aspell
• Translator: DeepL Translator
• Break time reminder: Stretchly

• Password manager: Vaultwarden (my own instance) and KeePassXC
• Multi-factor authenticator: Ente Auth
• Cloud storage encryption: Cryptomator

• Code editors: GNU Emacs with Doom Emacs, Helix, Vim and Kate
• Version control: Git

• Image viewer:
  • PC: nomacs (GUI), chafa (CLI), and mpv (CLI)
  • Smartphone: Simple Gallery
• Video and audio player: mpv on PC, and mpv-android on smartphone
• Music library:
  • PC:
    • Music Plyaer Daemon (MPD) with MPC and ncmpcpp as clients
    • Elisa
  • Smartphone: Simple Music Player
• Podcast management and client: PinePods (my own instance)
• PDF viewer: Okular on PC, and MJ PDF on smartphone
• Markdown viewer: ghostwriter
• E-book viewer: Foliate on PC, and Librera Reader FDroid on smartphone
• Comic reader: YACReader
• Screenshot tool: Spectacle and GPU Screen Recorder (for video games)
• Screen recorder: OBS Studio, GPU Screen Recorder (for video games), and asciinema (for the terminal)
• Image converter: ImageMagick
• Media converter: FFmpeg
• Video and audio downloader: yt-dlp
• Audio effects: Easy Effects

• Photo editor: Affinity (installed and run with WINE based on AffinityOnLinux's guide) and GNU Image Manipulation Program
• Vector graphic editor: Affinity (installed and run with WINE based on AffinityOnLinux's guide) and Inkscape
• Drawing: Krita
• Video editor: Kdenlive
• Audio editor: Tenacity

(This page was last updated on 26 September 2026)