kjelsrud.dev/src/pages/uses.md

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> *Last update: August 23, 2024*

## What do I use?

This page was inspired by [Uses This](https://usesthis.com/), and you can see more pages like this there. 

The following is a list of the different technologies that I use on a daily basis. This includes my computers, the software I run on them, and other miscellaneous stuff.

[![water7.webp](/img/water7.webp)](/img/water7.webp)

> My laptop running Linux Mint, no more Arch ;( The laptop is okay, but it looks neat with the Minecraft GRUB! 

## Hardware

- **Consoles:** [Game Boy Color](/blog/breathing-new-life-into-my-old-gameboy-color/), Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii, Raspberry Pi 4B 4GB
- **Gaming PC ("_skypiea_"):** HP Omen 30L (prebuilt)
- **Headphones:** Sony WH-1000XM4, or AirPods 2nd gen
- **Keyboard:** HyperX Alloy Origins 60
- **Laptop ("_water7_"):** 14" Acer Swift 3
- **Monitor:** AOC 27" Curved gaming monitor
- **Mouse:** Razor Ourobous
- **Phone:** iPhone 13
- **Server ("_eastblue_"):** HP Prodesk 600 G3 SFF
- **Watch:** Garmin Forerunner 745
- **Webcam:** Logitech C920

[![eastblue.webp](/img/eastblue.webp)](/img/eastblue.webp)

> My server, _eastblue_ <3 Fun fact, all the VMs on this have been named after the arcs from the East Blue saga!

## Software

> For more details about my [dotfiles click here](https://github.com/SindreKjelsrud/dotfiles).

- **Browser:** [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/)
    - [Invidious](https://invidious.io/). Open source front-end for YouTube.
    - [uBlock Origin](https://ublockorigin.com/) Free, open-source ad content blocker.
- **Calendar:** Physical calendar
- **Chat:** [Signal](https://signal.org/), iMessage & [Discord](https://discord.com/)
- **Contacts:** Contacts.app
- **Editor:** [neovim](https://neovim.io/) or [VSCodium](https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium)
- **Email Client:** [Thunderbird](https://www.thunderbird.net/)
- **Email Service:** [Migadu](https://migadu.com)
- **Filesharing:** [LocalSend](https://localsend.org/#/)
- **Image compression:** [Squoosh](https://squoosh.app/)
- **Music / Podcasts:** [Spotify](https://spotify.com)
- **Notes:** Physical book, or [neovim](https://neovim.io/) with Markdown 
- **Password management:** [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/)
- **RSS:** [NetNewsWire](https://netnewswire.com/)
- **Tasks:** Notes.app
- **Terminal:** [Alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty)