Programs I use.

2024-10-23

I just wanted to do a short post where I talk you through some programs I use on my ThinkPad x220, the computer I use to write these blog posts (and lots of other things). I have included links to all software.

OS: Artix linux. For a while I used arch, I decided to try out Artix just to see if I could get by without systemd, and it never caused me any real problems so I never switched back. For a while I used OpenBSD, which I still love, but I went back to Artix Linux because I needed to use wine for some things.

Terminal Emulator: Urxvt. It's never given me any problems.

Shell: Zsh. Can't live without that autocompletion any more. I also use Oh My Zsh

System Font: Cozette. Looks nice while being extremely clear and readable.

Text Editor: Vim. I use this colour scheme.

Window Manager: bspwm. Simple, gets out of your way, easy to configure, manages windows and nothing else.

Hotkeys: sxhkd. Pretty standard to use alongside bspwm.

Bar: polybar. Never really tried anything else, works well enough.

Program Launcher: dmenu. At one point I had a one liner script using fzf but I switched back to dmenu. Useful for lots of things besides just launching programs.

Web Browser: Vieb. I've written a full post about this here

Gemini / Gopher Browser: Lagrange. Bombadillo if I'm on the terminal.

File Manager: fff. In the past I've also used nnn and lf. I can happily recommend all three file managers, but I do most of my file managing with basic shell commands these days.

Video Player: mpv.

Rss Reader: newsboat. Just werks.

Image Viewer: feh. I also use this to set a wallpaper.

Screenshot Utility. Hacksaw + Shotgun. A very violent sounding combination, but they just select an area on the screen and screenshot that area respectively.