Tools that I use

Last updated: 28/09/2024

Essentials

OS: Fedora, simple, robust and works out of the box.
Web browser: Chromium, it was my only option, it’s way faster than Firefox.
Coding: Virtual Studio Code, it’s very slow but like the plugins and the integrated debugger.
Email: ProtonMail encrypted mail and easy to use UI.
Password manager: Bitwarden easy to use with a lot of apps for all platforms.
RSS Aggregator: FreshRSS by far the best way to consume the web.
Read later: Pocket save articles to read later.

Organization

Calendar: with time I came to realize that all I needed to manage my life is a plain calendar app. No task management. Time management. No fancy tools. KISS
Personal Wiki: I documented some personal areas in Notion, however, nowadays I use org-mode for everything.
Second brain: I maintain a Zettelkasten using Obsidian. The main purpose is to organize knowledge and later share it in this blog.
Personal cloud: self hosted Nextcloud instance used as calendar and contacts server.
Task management: org-mode I’ve been trying it out and I’m pretty impressed already. Furthermore, I’m planning to migrate my personal wiki to org-mode.
Expenses manager: Dime minimal and elegant UI without ads (only iOS)

Multimedia

Music: Apple Music, on my desktops I use Cider
Movies/Shows tracker: Trackt very convenient for recommending movies and keeping a watchlist.

Home lab

Server OS: Fedora Server, I like Fedora + Cockpit makes server management a breeze
Docker containers:
- Portainer: manage the other Docker containers
- FreshRSS: RSS aggregator
- PiHole: ad-blocking for my home network
- Nextcloud AIO: AIO cloud solution for calendar, contacts, files, photos, etc.
- Uptime Kuma: monitor uptime of all the services I run + notifications on downtime
- Scrutiny: monitor the health of the hard drives in my server setup
- WG Easy: wireguard VPN
- Home Assistant: home automation

Browser Extensions

Auto Tab Discard: hibernate inactive tabs to save resources.
Bitwarden passwords auto-fill.
Chromium Web Store: support for extensions for ungoogled-chromium.
Distraction-free YouTube remove visual elements from YT for a cleaner experience.
Floccus: sync my bookmarks from Nextcloud.
LanguageTool grammar and spell checker.
Imagus: enlarge images on mouse-hover.
JSON View: prettify JSON files.
Linguist: translate web pages.
m-wiki: redirect Wikipedia pages to the mobile version. I find the mobile version more readable and elegant.
Save to Notion: alternative web clipper. I use it to save food recipes in Notion.
Save to Pocket: save stuff to Pocket.
Tabliss: beautiful new tab page.
uBlock Origin simple ad-blocker, works out of the box.
SingleFile: save web pages as a single HTML file.

GNOME Extensions

Alphabetical App Grid: I can’t live without it
AppIndicator support: add support for tray icons
Caffeine: keep the screen on while doing nothing
ddterm: drop-down terminal with Wayland support
GSConnect: connect your phone with your computer
Hot Edge: trigger activities view when the mouse goes to the bottom of the monitor
Just Perfection: make minor tweaks to GNOME shell. Must have extension
Vitals: monitor resources such as CPU usage, RAM usage, battery, temperature…
Gnome Fuzzy Search: fuzzy search for GNOME shell
Search Light: GNOME search outside of the overview
Night Theme Switcher: switch between light and dark themes based on the time of the day