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