X-Git-Url: https://git.shemshak.org/~bandali/bndl.org/blobdiff_plain/4927af92d3b136436aa41a26369794443aa69b97..a0e46d57508b45f23f360daa9ba6432e2b2f19f5:/computing.html diff --git a/computing.html b/computing.html index cbce706..351da46 100644 --- a/computing.html +++ b/computing.html @@ -1,85 +1,90 @@ <!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> -<meta charset="utf-8"/> -<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/> -<title>How I do my Computing â Amin Bandali</title> -<link rel="icon" href="/gnu.ico"/> -<link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css"/> +<meta charset="utf-8" /> +<meta name="author" content="bandali" /> +<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> +<title>How I do my Computing — bandali</title> +<link rel="canonical" href="https://bndl.org/computing.html" /> +<link rel="alternate" href="bandali-computing.txt" title="plain text" type="text/plain" /> +<link rel="next" href="fsf-internship-intro.html"> +<style> +body { + line-height: 1.6; + max-width: 37.5em; + margin: 0 auto; + padding: 0 1em; +} +details { margin: 1em 0; } +details summary { cursor: pointer; } +#copy { font-size: 0.84em; } +#copy p { padding: 0 2em; } +h1 + p { color: #666; } +.box { + background: #f8f8f8; + border: 1px solid #e6e6e6; + border-radius: 4px; + font-size: 0.95em; + padding: 0.6em 0.9em; +} +code.box { padding: 0.4em 0.8em; } +code, kbd, pre { font-size: 1.2em; } +@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { + body { background: #1c1c1c; color: white; } + a:link { color: #acdeff; } + a:visited { color: #f8f; } + a:active { color: #e00; } + .box { background: #1b1d1e; border-color: #373c34; } +} +</style> </head> <body> -<header> -<strong><a href="/">Amin Bandali</a>'s Personal Site</strong> -</header> -<nav> -<ul> -<li><a href="/#papers">Publications</a></li> -<li><a href="/#projects">Projects</a></li> -<li><a href="/#notes">Notes</a></li> -<li><a href="/cv" title="curriculum vitae">CV</a></li> -<li><a href="/contact">Contact</a></li> -</ul> -</nav> -<main> -<article> -<header> <h1>How I do my Computing</h1> -<p>Published on September 14, 2019<br/> -Last updated on November 30, 2019</p> -</header> +<p>by <a href="https://bndl.org"><b>bandali</b></a> +on September 14, 2019 <small>(last update: February 28, 2021) +(also in <a href="bandali-computing.txt">plain text</a>)</small></p> -<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> +<p class="box">inspired by the computing page of +<a href="https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html">rms</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 -“Desktop”, 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 +<p>My <a href="https://libreboot.org">librebooted</a> ThinkPad X200 +computer is the machine I use the most and where I do most of my +computing. I also have the privilege of having access to a fleet of 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> +<a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca">Computer Science Club</a> that I +use for some more computationally intensive tasks every now and again, +and also for hosting this very website.</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 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>GNU/Linux distribution</h2> +<p>I used a wide variety of distros over the years; but I have since +found <a href="https://trisquel.info">Trisquel</a> to be my favourite +and it's put my "distro-hopping" days behind me. Sometimes I pair it +up with <a href="https://guix.gnu.org">GNU Guix</a>. For the kernel, +I usually use +<a href="https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/">GNU +Linux-libre</a> from jxself's +<a href="https://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> +<a href="https://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> +<h2 id="colophon">Maintaining this site</h2> +<p>The pages of this site are (manually) written in plain HTML using +GNU Emacs. You can run <code class="box">git clone +https://bndl.org</code> in a terminal to get the git repository +containing all the pages of the site and the history of changes to +them.</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> -</article> -</main> -<footer> -<p>Copyright © 2019 Amin Bandali. See -<a href="/license.html">license.html</a> for license conditions. -Please copy and share.</p> -</footer> +<hr /> +<details id="copy"> +<summary>Copyright © 2019, 2020, 2021 bandali</summary> +<p>Copying and distribution of this file, with or without +modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the +copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered +as-is, without any warranty.</p> +</details> </body> </html>