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Environment.

Hardware

• Desktop:
  • "citadel" (custom build):
    • board: X570 AORUS PRO WIFI
    • CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
    • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030
    • memory: 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) Crucial Ballistix RGB DDR4 3600
    • storage: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO SSD - M.2 NVMe
    • power: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus 850W
• Laptops:
  • "zondaii" (Dell XPS 13 9300 Developer Edition)
  • "gnush" (ASUS L203M)
  • Purism Librem 15 v4
  • ThinkPad T400
  • ThinkPad T420s
  • ThinkPad T570
• Monitors:
  • Dell Ultrasharp U2718Q 27" 3840x2160 @ 60.00Hz
• Keyboards:
  • Leopold FC750R
  • DREVO Tyrfing V2
• Mice:
  • Kensington SlimBlade Trackball
  • PICTEC GEPC034AB

Software

• OS:
  • Void Linux
  • Debian GNU/Linux 10 (Buster)
  • Ubuntu 18.04
  • Mac OS X 14
• Dictionary:
  • dict
• File browsing:
  • ls and tree (primary)
  • pcmanfm (secondary)
  • ranger (occasional)
  • nnn (occasional)
• IRC:
  • ii
  • ii-tools
• Multimedia:
  • Image:
    • Editing:
      • gimp
    • Viewing:
      • sxiv (primary)
      • eog (secondary)
  • Music:
    • Local:
      • ripit (rip CDs)
      • mpd
      • mpc
      • ncmpcpp
      • ncmpc (to delete from playlist, which doesn't work in ncmpcpp)
    • Streaming:
      • soma fm (primary) (via mpd)
      • spotify (occasional)
  • Video:
    • mpv
    • mplayer
    • vlc
• PDF:
  • okular
  • mupdf
  • pdftotext
• Search:
  • locate
  • find
  • grep
• Terminal:
  • st
  • tmux
  • zsh
• Text editing:
  • vim
  • gvim
• Web browsing:
  • qutebrowser (primary)
  • chromium (fallback)
  • elinks (occasional)
  • ddgr (occasional small web search)
• X
  • dwm
  • khatus (currently x2)
  • dunst
  • compton
  • xscreensaver
  • xbindkeys
  • hsetroot (background color)
  • feh (background image)

Potentially useful

• Desktop search:
  • doodle
• Email
  • IMAP
    • imapsync
    • isync/mbsync
    • offlineimap
  • Maildir
    • syncmaildir
• Wayland (if I ever decide to use it)
  • notifications
    • https://github.com/emersion/mako
  • window manager:
    • https://swaywm.org/
    • https://github.com/swaywm/sway

Reference

• https://specifications.freedesktop.org/mime-apps-spec/mime-apps-spec-1.0.1.html

Reading list

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinit
• https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/?h=xinit-xsession
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCManFM
• https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-xapianomega/