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  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>
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  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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  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.
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  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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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>.
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  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>.
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  72       <h3>Cell phone</h3>
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  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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