X-Git-Url: https://git.shemshak.org/~bandali/bndl.org/blobdiff_plain/4ad3138c4814ad02d9101676e95d436adb00818d..9097e885c91d4c051502d9fe82972eb98f83ea93:/bandali-computing.txt diff --git a/bandali-computing.txt b/bandali-computing.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c403b44 --- /dev/null +++ b/bandali-computing.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +How I do my Computing +by bandali on September 14, 2019 (2019-09-14) +last update on February 28, 2021 (2021-02-28) + + + inspired by the computing page of rms: + https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html + + +COMPUTERS + + My librebooted[1] 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 Computer + Science Club[2] that I use for some more computationally intensive + tasks every now and again. + + [1] https://libreboot.org + [2] https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca + + +GNU/LINUX DISTRIBUTION + + I used a wide variety of distros over the years; but I have + since found Trisquel[3] to be my favourite and it's put my + ``distro-hopping'' days behind me. Sometimes I pair it up with + GNU Guix[4]. For the kernel, I usually use GNU Linux-libre[5] + from jxself's APT repository[6]. + + [3] https://trisquel.info + [4] https://guix.gnu.org + [5] https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/ + [6] https://jxself.org/linux-libre/ + + +ACTUAL COMPUTING + + I spend most of my time in GNU Emacs[7]. + + [7] https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ + + TODO: elaborate + + +MAINTAINING THIS SITE + + The pages of this site are (manually) written in plain HTML using + GNU Emacs. You can run git clone https://bndl.org in a terminal + to get the git repository containing all the pages of the site and + the history of changes to them. + + + -*- + +Copyright (c) 2019, 2020, 2021 bandali + +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. + +this file: https://bndl.org/bandali-computing.txt