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26<h1>How I do my Computing</h1>
27<p>Published on September 14, 2019<br/>
28Last updated on November 30, 2019</p>
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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>
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35<h2>Computers</h2>
36<p>My main computer is a
37soon-to-be-<a href="https://libreboot.org">librebooted</a>
38ThinkPad X200. This is the machine I use the most in or out the
39house. I also own and occasionally use a Dell XPS 15 more as a
40&ldquo;Desktop&rdquo;, and a ThinkPad X220T tablet I use when reading
41(and annotating) research papers.</p>
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43<p>I also have the privilege of having access to a fleet of beefy
44servers through our school's
45<a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca">Computer Science Club</a>,
46which I use for some heavier computations every now and
47again.</p>
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49<h2>GNU/Linux distros</h2>
50<p>I've used a large number of GNU/Linux distributions throughout the
51years, 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.
57Guix&nbsp;System comes with GNU Linux-libre out of the box, and on
58Debian-based distros I install it from jxself's
59<a href="//jxself.org/linux-libre/">APT repository</a>.</p>
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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>
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66<h2>Cell phone</h2>
67<p>I have an old Nexus 5 I reluctantly use from time to time. It runs
68LineageOS+microG without GApps. Sadly it still requires some blobs
69for functioning. I can't wait for lxo's
70<a href="//www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/0G">0G</a> to become a
71reality fast enough.
72<span class="smly">:-)</span></p>
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76<span class="smly">:-)</span></p>
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