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title: "My Setup"
date: 2020-05-19T19:21:39+05:30
description: Hardware & Software that I use
draft: false
---
## Hardware
I have one laptop and one PC at home but I only use my laptop [`HP Pavilion 15-au620tx`] as a daily driver. It's a nice machine with a i5-7200U processor, 8 gigs ram and a nvidia 940mx for gaming.

I also have a `Zenfone Max Pro M2`. For listening, I use `Skullcandy Uproar`.

## Software
![](/images/rice.png)

My software of choice is very minimal. I like things to do what they are supposed to do, nothing less, nothing more. I run gentoo linux with nomultilib/hardened profile. I use suckless software like dwm, st, dmenu, slock to handle my daily needs - if you don't know what they are check them [out](https://suckless.org/). My browser of choice is hardened firefox with tips from [privacytools](https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/). 

> You need a bloated browser to browse the bloated web - Luke Smith
 
Some more tools that I regularly use - `cmus` for music, `bash` as my shell, `zathura` for PDFs, `pass` for managing passwords, `weechat` for IRC, `aerc` for mail.

For pentesting, I use blackarch in virtualbox with just the tools that I need. 

## Android
Coming to my android setup - I use [LineageOS with microG patches](https://lineage.microg.org/) because the name `OpenGApps` is very misleading. My browser of choice for android is [bromite](https://www.bromite.org/) (which is pretty much degoogled chromium). I use [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) for installing additional apps. For most of my social media, I use PWAs. I also have [Aurora Store](https://auroraoss.com/) installed just for whatsapp (mostly for my uni groups). Lawnchair is my launcher of choice. Sometimes I do ROM-hoping (i don't even know if that's a thing). To make other ROMs degoogled, I use [nanodroid patches](https://nanolx.org/nanolx/nanodroid) or [minMicrog](https://github.com/friendlyneighborhoodshane/minmicrog_releases/releases).

Some other apps that I use - `K9` for mail, `feeder` for RSS feeds, `Infinity` for reddit, `Revolution IRC` for IRC, `Go Player` for music, `newspipe` for youtube, `OsmAnd` for directions, `PasswordStore` for passwords, `termux` as terminal.

That's it for today, Peace