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title: My Setup at the beginning of 2021 |
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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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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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