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1title: How I do my Computing
2date: 2019-09-14 00:35
3slug: bandali-computing
4tags: computing
5updated: 2019-11-30 21:16
6copyright: 2019
7---
8
9(Inspired by computing pages of [rms][stallman-computing]
10and [Leah Rowe][leah-computing])
11
12## Computers
13
14My main computer is a soon-to-be-[librebooted](https://libreboot.org)
15ThinkPad X200. This is the machine I use the most in or out the
16house. I also own and occasionally use a Dell XPS 15 more as a
17“Desktop”, and a ThinkPad X220T tablet I use when reading (and
18annotating) research papers.
19
20I also have the privilege of having access to a fleet of beefy servers
21through our school’s [Computer Science Club][csc], which I use for
22some heavier computations every now and again.
23
24## GNU/Linux distros
25
26I’ve used a large number of GNU/Linux distributions throughout the
27years, but as of late, my favourite distros are [Guix System][guix],
28[Trisquel][trisquel], and [Debian][debian] (with no `contrib` or
29`non-free`). I mostly use the [GNU Linux-libre][linux-libre] kernel.
30Guix System comes with GNU Linux-libre out of the box, and on
31Debian-based distros I install it from jxself’s
32[APT repository][jxself-apt].
33
34## Actual computing
35
36I spend most of my time in [GNU Emacs][gnu-emacs].
37
38TODO: elaborate
39
40## Cell phone
41
42I have an old Nexus 5 I reluctantly use from time to time. It runs
43LineageOS+microG without GApps. Sadly it still requires some blobs
44for functioning. I can’t wait for lxo’s [0G][0G] to become a reality
45fast enough :)
46
47
48[stallman-computing]: https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html
49[leah-computing]: https://blog.vimuser.org/leah-computing.html
50[csc]: https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca
51[guix]: https://guix.gnu.org
52[trisquel]: https://trisquel.info
53[debian]: https://www.debian.org
54[linux-libre]: https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/
55[jxself-apt]: https://jxself.org/linux-libre/
56[gnu-emacs]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
57[0G]: https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/0G