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| 16 | <h2 id="subtitle">How I do my computing</h2> |
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| 19 | <p> |
| 20 | (Inspired by computing pages of |
| 21 | <a href="https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html">rms</a> |
| 22 | and |
| 23 | <a href="https://blog.vimuser.org/leah-computing.html">Leah Rowe</a>) |
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| 27 | <h3>Computers</h3> |
| 28 | <section> |
| 29 | <p> |
| 30 | My main computer is a |
| 31 | soon-to-be-<a href="https://libreboot.org">librebooted</a> |
| 32 | ThinkPad X200. This is the machine I use the most in or out |
| 33 | the house. I also own and occasionally use a Dell XPS 15 |
| 34 | more as a “Desktop”, and a ThinkPad X220T tablet I use when |
| 35 | reading (and annotating) research papers. |
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| 38 | <p> |
| 39 | I also have the privilege of having access to a fleet of |
| 40 | beefy servers through our school’s |
| 41 | <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">Computer Science Club</a>, |
| 42 | which I use for some heavier computations every now and |
| 43 | again. |
| 44 | </p> |
| 45 | |
| 46 | <h4>GNU/Linux distros</h4> |
| 47 | <p> |
| 48 | I’ve used a large number of GNU/Linux distributions |
| 49 | throughout the years, but as of late, my favourite distros |
| 50 | are |
| 51 | <a href="https://guix.gnu.org">Guix System</a>, |
| 52 | <a href="https://trisquel.info">Trisquel</a>, and |
| 53 | <a href="https://www.debian.org">Debian</a> (with no |
| 54 | <code>contrib</code> or <code>nonfree</code>). I’m also |
| 55 | hoping to find some free time to help with the |
| 56 | <a href="https://lists.nongnu.org/r/gnewsense-dev/2019-08/msg00001.html">rebooting</a> |
| 57 | of <a href="http://www.gnewsense.org">gNewSense</a>. |
| 58 | I mostly use the |
| 59 | <a href="https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/">Linux-libre</a> |
| 60 | kernel. Guix System comes with Linux-libre by default, |
| 61 | and on Debian-based distros I install it from jxself’s |
| 62 | <a href="https://jxself.org/linux-libre/">APT repository</a>. |
| 63 | </p> |
| 64 | |
| 65 | <h4>Actual computing</h4> |
| 66 | <p> |
| 67 | I spend most of my time inside |
| 68 | <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">GNU Emacs</a>. |
| 69 | </p> |
| 70 | </section> |
| 71 | |
| 72 | <h3>Cell phone</h3> |
| 73 | <section> |
| 74 | <p> |
| 75 | I have an old Nexus 5 I reluctantly use from time to time. |
| 76 | It runs LineageOS+microG without GApps. Sadly it still |
| 77 | requires some blobs for functioning. I can’t wait for lxo’s |
| 78 | <a href="https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/0G">0G</a> |
| 79 | to become a reality fast enough :) |
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