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<h1>How I do my Computing</h1>
<p>Published on September 14, 2019<br/>
Last updated on November 30, 2019</p>
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<p>(Inspired by computing pages of
<a href="//stallman.org/stallman-computing.html">rms</a> and
<a href="//blog.vimuser.org/leah-computing.html">Leah Rowe</a>)</p>

<h2>Computers</h2>
<p>My main computer is a
soon-to-be-<a href="https://libreboot.org">librebooted</a>
ThinkPad X200.  This is the machine I use the most in or out the
house.  I also own and occasionally use a Dell XPS 15 more as a
&ldquo;Desktop&rdquo;, and a ThinkPad X220T tablet I use when reading
(and annotating) research papers.</p>

<p>I also have the privilege of having access to a fleet of beefy
servers through our school's
<a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca">Computer Science Club</a>,
which I use for some heavier computations every now and
again.</p>

<h2>GNU/Linux distros</h2>
<p>I've used a large number of GNU/Linux distributions throughout the
years, but as of late, my favourite distros are
<a href="//trisquel.info">Trisquel</a>,
<a href="//guix.gnu.org">Guix System</a>, and
<a href="//www.debian.org">Debian</a> (with no <code>contrib</code> or
<code>non-free</code>).  I mostly use the
<a href="//www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/">GNU Linux-libre</a> kernel.
Guix&nbsp;System comes with GNU Linux-libre out of the box, and on
Debian-based distros I install it from jxself's
<a href="//jxself.org/linux-libre/">APT repository</a>.</p>

<h2>Actual computing</h2>
<p>I spend most of my time in
<a href="//www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">GNU Emacs</a>.</p>
<p>TODO: elaborate</p>

<h2>Cell phone</h2>
<p>I have an old Nexus 5 I reluctantly use from time to time.  It runs
LineageOS+microG without GApps.  Sadly it still requires some blobs
for functioning.  I can't wait for lxo's
<a href="//www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/0G">0G</a> to become a
reality fast enough.
<span class="smly">:-)</span></p>

<p class="muted inbox">Got a question or comment?  You can find my
email address on my <a href="contact">contact</a> page.
<span class="smly">:-)</span></p>
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	25	<header>
	26	<h1>How I do my Computing</h1>
	27	<p>Published on September 14, 2019<br/>
	28	Last updated on November 30, 2019</p>
	29	</header>
	30
	31	<p>(Inspired by computing pages of
	32	<a href="//stallman.org/stallman-computing.html">rms</a> and
	33	<a href="//blog.vimuser.org/leah-computing.html">Leah Rowe</a>)</p>
	34
	35	<h2>Computers</h2>
	36	<p>My main computer is a
	37	soon-to-be-<a href="https://libreboot.org">librebooted</a>
	38	ThinkPad X200. This is the machine I use the most in or out the
	39	house. I also own and occasionally use a Dell XPS 15 more as a
	40	“Desktop”, and a ThinkPad X220T tablet I use when reading
	41	(and annotating) research papers.</p>
	42
	43	<p>I also have the privilege of having access to a fleet of beefy
	44	servers through our school's
	45	<a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca">Computer Science Club</a>,
	46	which I use for some heavier computations every now and
	47	again.</p>
	48
	49	<h2>GNU/Linux distros</h2>
	50	<p>I've used a large number of GNU/Linux distributions throughout the
	51	years, but as of late, my favourite distros are
	52	<a href="//trisquel.info">Trisquel</a>,
	53	<a href="//guix.gnu.org">Guix System</a>, and
	54	<a href="//www.debian.org">Debian</a> (with no <code>contrib</code> or
	55	<code>non-free</code>). I mostly use the
	56	<a href="//www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/">GNU Linux-libre</a> kernel.
	57	Guix System comes with GNU Linux-libre out of the box, and on
	58	Debian-based distros I install it from jxself's
	59	<a href="//jxself.org/linux-libre/">APT repository</a>.</p>
	60
	61	<h2>Actual computing</h2>
	62	<p>I spend most of my time in
	63	<a href="//www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">GNU Emacs</a>.</p>
	64	<p>TODO: elaborate</p>
65
66	<h2>Cell phone</h2>
67	<p>I have an old Nexus 5 I reluctantly use from time to time. It runs
68	LineageOS+microG without GApps. Sadly it still requires some blobs
69	for functioning. I can't wait for lxo's
70	<a href="//www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/0G">0G</a> to become a
71	reality fast enough.
72	<span class="smly">:-)</span></p>
73
74	<p class="muted inbox">Got a question or comment? You can find my
75	email address on my <a href="contact">contact</a> page.
76	<span class="smly">:-)</span></p>
77	</article>
78	</main>
79	<footer>
80	<p>Copyright © 2019 Amin Bandali. See
81	<a href="/license.html">license.html</a> for license conditions.
82	Please copy and share.</p>
83	</footer>
84	</body>
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