Uses

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

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

• Laptop: Acer Predator Helios 300. Purchased in February 2018.
• 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: Readex Pro
  • Serif: Literata
  • Monospace: Intel One Mono
• Colour Scheme: Catppuccin (especially the Mocha flavour and Mauve variant), and Dracula

• Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) enabled and Debian installed as the Linux distribution
• Smartphone: Xiaomi HyperOS 2.0, based on Android 15
• Smartwatch: Xiaomi HyperOS 2.0

• Chris Titus Tech's Windows Utility
• WinScript
• MIUI-Debloater
• Package manager:
  • Windows: Windows Package Manager (winget) and Chocolatey
  • Linux: APT
• Mobile app manager: Obtanium
• Screen reader: NVDA on Windows, and TalkBack on Android

• Internet browser: Mozilla Firefox, Vivaldi, Lynx, and Tor Browser
• Search engine: Ecosia and Mullvad Leta
• Email service: Purelymail, Proton Mail and Gmail
• Email client: Mozilla Thunderbird
• Feed reader: FreshRSS (my own instance), and Read You on Android
• VPN: Proton VPN
• IRC client: The Lounge (my own instance)
• Mastodon client: The official web interface on desktop, and Moshidon on Android
• YouTube client: FreeTube on Windows, and NewPipe on Android
• Front-ends: LibRedirect browser extension for redirecting web pages.
  • Reddit: Redlib
  • Stack Overflow: AnonymousOverflow
  • Goodreads: BiblioReads
  • Fandom.com: BreezeWiki

• Notes:
  • Obsidian for writing, project management and personal knowledge base
  • Standard Notes for quick notes
• 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 Obsidian vaults and notes
  • Ente Photos (free plan) for backing up my photos
  • MEGA (free plan) for storing my old graphic design works
• Bookmarks: Floccus with Nextcloud Files WebDAV, and my own instance of Linkding
• Text editor: Notepad++
• Office suite: LibreOffice
• Calendar: Nextcloud (The Good Cloud instance) with Mozilla Thunderbird
• Tasks: Nextcloud (The Good Cloud instance) with Mozilla Thunderbird
• Personal finance: Money Manager EX
• Calculator: Qalculate!
• Spellchecker: LanguageTool
• Translator: Mozhi (my own instance)
• File archiver: PeaZip

• Password manager: BitWarden and KeePassXC
• Multi-factor authentication Tool: Ente Auth
• Cloud storage encryption: Cryptomator

• Integrated development environment (IDE): Neovim with the LazyVim setup
• Code editors: Vim and Notepad++
• Terminal emulator: Windows Terminal
• Shell: PowerShell on Windows and Zsh on Linux
• Version control: Git with GitHub and my own Gitea instance

• Image viewer: ImageGlass on Windows, and Simple Gallery on Android
• Video player: MPC-BE on Windows, and mpv on Android
• Audio player: MPC-BE on Windows, and mpv on Android
• Music library: Dopamine on Windows, and Simple Music Player on Android
• Podcast management: PinePods (my own instance)
• PDF viewer: SumatraPDF on Windows, and MJ PDF on Android
• E-book viewer: Calibre for Windows and Librera Reader FDroid for Android
• Comic reader: YACReader
• Screenshot tool: ShareX
• Screen recorder: OBS Studio (also used for taking video game screenshots)
• Image converter: ImageMagick
• Media converter: FFmpeg
• Game streaming: Sunshine and Moonlight

• Photo editor: Affinity Photo 2
• Vector graphic editor: Affinity Designer 2
• Drawing: Krita
• Video editor: Kdenlive
• Audio editor: Tenacity

(This page was last updated on 13 June 2025)