Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free.

— Linus Torvalds

With that being said, I do still use the occasional proprietary software, but I try to avoid it as much as possible.

Basics

OS/Distro

I daily drive EndeavourOS. It’s fast, and it’s basically Arch on easy mode.

Window Manager

i3wm. I’ve used forever now and absolutely love it.

Web Browser

Firefox with the Betterfox user.js (a mixture of improvements to Firefox’s privacy, security and speed (and some other QoL things)). As per extensions, I use a ton of them, but the most notable ones are:

• uBlock Origin to block ads, trackers and other annoyances (like cookie notices)
• Dark Reader to get dark mode everywhere
• Bitwarden as my password manager

Text Editor

Neovim or Visual Studio Code, depending on the project.

Terminal

Alacritty with bash. At some point I might try zsh, but as of now, I don’t need it. I also use tmux to keep terminal sessions and powerline-shell to make my terminal look fancy.

Utilities

File Manager

Thunar or lf (if I want to look fancy). I don’t really need anything too complex, I just have to be able to browse my files effectively.

Video Player

mpv. You guessed it! It’s free, open-source, fast, and I mean, it’s mpv.

Productivity

Image Manipulation

GIMP. Once again: It’s free, open-source and has all the features I need.

Video Editing

I haven’t really been editing many videos but when I did, I used VEGAS Pro (on Windows) and more recently DaVinci Resolve, which works on Linux.

Audio Editing

Tenacity because Audacity started to ship with telemetry. It’s free, open-source and has all the features I need.

Office Suite

LibreOffice or Microsoft Office (on Windows).

Online Services

Password Manager

Bitwarden. It’s free, open-source and, as of now (02/2023), trustworthy enough for me. I have used KeePass and other apps that support KeePass formats, and they’re fine, but I need to access my passwords outside my main devices.

Email

Tutanota. Not very feature rich, but it’s really cheap, end-to-end encrypted, green and has its clients open-source.

VPS

Hetzner. It’s where I’m hosting this website, a Minecraft server, and others. They’re cheap, reliable and have a great support team.

Domains

Namecheap. I’ve been using them for a while now and I’ve never had any issues with them. They’re cheap, reliable and have a great support team.

DNS Management

Cloudflare. I’ve been using them for a while now and I’ve never had any issues with them. They’re cheap, reliable and have a great support team.