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title: My Setup at the beginning of 2021
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tags:
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- FZF
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- Linux
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- ZSH
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description: How I work at the beginning of 2021
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date: 2021-01-08
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---
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Inspired by [The Orange One's State of the
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Apps](https://theorangeone.net/posts/state-of-the-apps-2021/), I thought I would
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document the tools I use to get my job done. If for no other reason than to look
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back next year and see what has changed.
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## OS
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I'm running [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org/) on all my computers. This is
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because it works well for me. All the packages I could ever need are available
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and there is no reason for me to change.
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For other people's computers that I maintain ( parents, wife etc. ), I normally
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put Manjaro on there. It is quick to set up and if I ever need to ssh in to fix
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or install something, I can use the same commands I do on my personal machines.
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## Desktop Environment
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[DWM](https://git.jonathanh.co.uk/jab2870/dwm). I don't understand why tiling
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window managers aren't the default. I remember when Windows (Vista?) introduced
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their window snapping and thinking at the time that this was how computers
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should work.
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[i3](https://i3wm.org/) is another great tiling window manager that I used to
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use and I normally still recommend to people who want to try one.
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I use [Rofi](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi) as my program launcher and for
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various other scripts. In the coming year, I may look to switch this to dmenu or
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fzf. I am happy with rofi and have no real reason to change other than
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curiosity.
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## Editor
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[Neovim](https://github.com/neovim/neovim). This year saw me make the switch
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from Vim to Neovim as my primary editor. Initially, the thing that convinced me
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to make the switch was [Deoplete](https://github.com/Shougo/deoplete.nvim)
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although since moving I have also taken advantage of neovim's excellent language
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server support.
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In terms of plugins for vim / neovim, I try to keep it to a minimum. As I
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mentioned, I have deoplete with a couple of completion sources. I have a couple
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of language definitions and a colour scheme.
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One plugin I do use and rely on heavily is
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[FZF](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf.vim) which provides fuzzy searching of
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files, help pages, buffers or anything else I give it.
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## Shell
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I use ZSH as my shell. During this last year I have moved away from oh-my-zsh.
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In doing this, I have noticed a significant speed increase in my shell.
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If you're interested, you can read about [why I choose
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ZSH](https://jonathanh.co.uk/blog/the-switch-to-zsh.html).
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## Browser
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I use a [customized version of
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Firefox](https://jonathanh.co.uk/blog/keyboard-driven-firefox.html). The most
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significant changes I have made to it are the hiding of the top bar and the use
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of [Tridactyl](https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl) which adds vim-like
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bindings to Firefox. A recent addition I made was
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[Firevim](https://github.com/glacambre/firenvim) which embeds a neovim client
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into text areas.
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## Email
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My personal email provider is [Protonmail](https://protonmail.com/). I am very
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happy with it. My [email setup](https://jonathanh.co.uk/blog/mutt-setup.html)
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consists of neomutt, vim, mbsync, notmuch and imapfilter.
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## Calender
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I have recently come across [Remind](https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/)
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which has replaced [Calcurse](https://www.calcurse.org/) as my calender
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application of choice. It is configured, and reminders are added using a text
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file (or a collection of text files). These can then be version controlled.
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It allows for complex reminder logic to be specified. I may well write a blog
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post about it in the future but, for now, just know that you can use many
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programming constructs like if statements when defining events.
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For a more detailed introduction, I strongly recommend [Tim Chase's post on
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Remind](https://blog.thechases.com/posts/remind/).
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## RSS
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This is pretty simple. I use [Newsboat](https://newsboat.org/). It does
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everything I need it to, it's configurable and has vim-like key bindings.
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Incidentally, this is also how I manage my YouTube subscriptions. Any new videos
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come into my RSS reader, I watch them using MPV and then I stop watching
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youtube. This has been one of the biggest increases to my productivity. I no
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longer get youtube suggestions so I don't find myself getting lost in the
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endless rabbit holes of youtube. I watch what I want to watch and then I get on
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with something else.
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## Notes
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I just use Vim. I am currently working on a shell script to help me better index
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my folder of notes although I'll write a blog post about that when it is nearer
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a first stable release.
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## Online Hosting / File Sync
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I host in instance of [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) that provides me with
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file sync, online editing and sync for contacts, calender etc.
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## Keyboard
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I still use the [Colemak](https://colemak.com/) keyboard layout which has been
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designed for ergonomic typing. I do the majority of my typing on an [Ergodox
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EZ](https://ergodox-ez.com/).
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## Passwords
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I use [Pass](https://www.passwordstore.org/) which is a thin wrapper around Git
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and gnupg. Passwords are stored in an encrypted text file and version controlled
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with Git. On my phone I use [Password Store](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/dev.msfjarvis.aps/) which works in almost the same way.
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## Phone
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I currently use a rooted, de-googled Samsung Note 8. There is not much to say
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really except almost all my apps come from F-droid. I have been unhappy for a
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while with the current state of phones, although that is starting to change with
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the advent of new GNU/Linux phones. I have a Pinephone being delivered soon and
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have ordered a [FX Tech Pro1
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X](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pro1-x-smartphone-functionality-choice-control#/).
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Both of these ship Linux and I'm hoping that I'll be able to replace my android
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handset as my daily driver.
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