Things I use.
My laptop and only computer. I love it. It works very well with OpenBSD and has more than enough power for my modest needs.
Here is my dmesg.
In general, I prefer tools which are leightweight and fast and do one thing well. If I have to choose between two tools for a job, I will opt for the one which is more lightweight, has fewer dependencies, or which (being an OpenBSD user, see below) is part of OpenBSD base.
After having used various Linux distributions for many years, I feel
like I have finally found my (close to) perfect operating system. It is
small, clean and simple, and perfectly suits my needs. It just
More information on OpenBSD can be found on my OpenBSD page.
/usr/bin/usr/bin, like
grep(1), cal(1), less(1), find(1), sed(1), or tmux(1) (see below) – to
name just a few – that often there is no need for any other tools.
I was a Vim user for many years, but recently Vim started to feel too bloated to me. Therefore, I switched to nvi and never looked back since then. It turns out that many features I once thought were indispensable are in fact very easy to live without. For instance, read this if you think you can't do without syntax highlighting (as I did), and this if you think it is a drawback that (n)vi lacks all the features Vim has to offer (read it even if you don't). The only thing I really miss is Unicode support, which is why I have to revert to nvi-iconv instead of being able to use the default version, vi(1), from OpenBSD base.
More information on the vi editor can be found on my vi page.
Update: I recently started using Neovim – something I never wanted to do (remember: I turned away from Vim because it felt too bloated; see above). Feels better than expected though.
Small, fast and easily customizable status bar which works well with cwm(1).
I used to use my own variant of a termbar (i.e. a status bar which is created by a script which prints information to a terminal window; see e.g. A simple shell status bar for OpenBSD and cwm(1) and A Terminal Status Bar updated), and while the advantage of a termbar is that it has very few dependencies, it also has some caveats.
Ledger is a double-entry accounting system for the command line. I use it mostly for tracking larger transactions.
See also plaintextaccounting.org.
Ecosia is an ecologial search engine. It uses the income generated by searches for planting trees all over the world. Besides, it is very privacy-focused. Another step away from Google.
For a more elaborate rationale for using Ecosia, see Switching your search engine by Seth Godin.
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