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  15       <h1>How I do my computing</h1>
  16       <p>
  17         (Inspired by computing pages of
  18         <a href="https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html">rms</a>
  19         and
  20         <a href="https://blog.vimuser.org/leah-computing.html">Leah Rowe</a>)
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  23       <h3>Computers</h3>
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  25         My main computer is a
  26         soon-to-be-<a href="https://libreboot.org">librebooted</a>
  27         ThinkPad X200.  This is the machine I use the most in or out
  28         the house.  I also own and occasionally use a Dell XPS 15 more
  29         as a “Desktop”, and a ThinkPad X220T tablet I use when reading
  30         (and annotating) research papers.
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  34         I also have the privilege of having access to a fleet of beefy
  35         servers through our school’s
  36         <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">Computer Science Club</a>,
  37         which I use for some heavier computations every now and
  38         again.
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  41       <h4>GNU/Linux distros</h4>
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  43         I’ve used a large number of GNU/Linux distributions
  44         throughout the years, but as of late, my favourite distros
  45         are
  46         <a href="https://guix.gnu.org">Guix&nbsp;System</a>,
  47         <a href="https://trisquel.info">Trisquel</a>, and
  48         <a href="https://www.debian.org">Debian</a> (with no
  49         <code>contrib</code> or <code>non-free</code>).
  50         I mostly use the
  51         <a href="https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/">GNU Linux-libre</a>
  52         kernel.  Guix&nbsp;System comes with GNU Linux-libre out of
  53         the box, and on Debian-based distros I install it from
  54         jxself’s
  55         <a href="https://jxself.org/linux-libre/">APT repository</a>.
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  58       <h4>Actual computing</h4>
  59       <p>
  60         I spend most of my time inside
  61         <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">GNU Emacs</a>.
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  64       <h3>Cell phone</h3>
  65       <p>
  66         I have an old Nexus 5 I reluctantly use from time to time.
  67         It runs LineageOS+microG without GApps.  Sadly it still
  68         requires some blobs for functioning.  I can’t wait for lxo’s
  69         <a href="https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/blogs/lxo/pub/0G">0G</a>
  70         to become a reality fast enough :)
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