Here is an overview of the technology I use on a regular basis. Feel free to contact me if you have questions or would like a recommendation.

Hardware

Laptop

Work

Dell Latitude 5450

• CPU: 13th Gen Intel i7-1370P
• GPU: Intel Raptor Lake-P
• RAM: 32 GB DDR4
• Storage: 500 GB NVMe
• Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080
• OS: Ubuntu 24.04

Private

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 2a

• CPU AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
• GPU: Radeon Graphics x 12
• RAM: 16 GB LPDDR4
• Storage: 512 GB SSD
• Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080
• OS: Fedora 43

I recently purchased this used and I absolutely love it!

Server

I currently run one Raspberry Pi device in my local network which is used as a digital picture frame. It runs on Raspberry Pi OS which is basically Debian tailored to these devices.

• Raspberry Pi 3B+, 1 GB RAM

My home serve is an HP Elitedesk 800 G3 SFF with:

• CPU: Intel i5-6500
• RAM: 16 GB DDR4
• Storage: 250 GB NVMe + 2x 4 TB HDD
• OS: Ubuntu Server 22.04

The server serves in part as a NAS and the data ist stored on two SeaGate IronWolf Pro 4 TB drives running in a zfs mirror.

Steam Deck

Gaming machine

For specs, see here

Peripherals

• Work Headset: Sony WH-1000XM4
• Keyboard: Keychron K8, TKL, QWERTZ Layout

Phone

I own a Google Pixel 7a with GrapheneOS as operating systems. I realize that buying a Google phone is somewhat ironic for a person like me but GrapheneOS is only available for Pixel devices so I decided to accept this tradeoff.

Software

Here is a non-comprehensive list of the major pieces of software I use, apart from my OS.

Desktop & Laptop

• Alacritty: Terminal, a Linux minimalist's best friend
• Gram: Code editor, hard fork of Zed without AI stuff among other things. I contributed a few things, for example several Linux package builds
• Firefox: 'nuff said
  • uBlock origin: Ad blocking
• Ungoogled Chromium: When I need a Chromium-based browser for some reason
• LibreOffice: Office suite

Server

• Audiobookshelf: Audiobook management
• Immich: Image backup and management
• Mealie: Recipe management
• Jellyfin: Media streaming and management
• Uptime Kuma: Uptime monitoring of my services
• Caddy: Reverse proxy and automatic TLS cert provisioning

Mobile

• Droid-ify: App store for FOSS-only apps
• Signal: Instant messaging
• Threema: Instant messaging
• Tusky: Mastodon client
• NewPipe: Privacy-friendly YouTube client
• Proton Suite: Mail, calendar, cloud storage, VPN, password manager
• CoMaps: Navigation
• AntennaPod: Podcast app
• Nextcloud: Client for my Nextcloud server
• Localsend: Share files between devices
• fWallet: Manage public transport ticket
• ntfy: Notifications from server
• Aegis: 2FA

Services

• Proton: Provider for Mail, calendar, password manager
• Hetzner Storage Share: Managed Nextcloud provider
• Hetzner VPS: VPS provider (CX22 variant)
• Porkbun: Domain registrar
• Codeberg: Code hosting including this website
• Tailscale: VPN provider