Hardware I use
I am a poorfag so don't expect to see too much here
Google Pixel 6a
This is a great budget phone. It does every thing you'd expect a phone to do without costing you a fortune. After moving to it from an iPhone, I've had zero issues adapting to it and I find that the experience is much better. It's a 2022 phone, costs maybe half the price of an iPhone released that same year, and does all the same shit. I haven't used any iPhones newer than the 6 (yeah I had that little fucker for a while) so I'm not really sure about how it compares with the latest iPhone 1400 XL Special FuckYou Edition™ with all the bells and whistles, but it does what it's supposed to do. It makes calls. It takes good photos. It downloads apps. It sends and receives messages. It's fast. It's a smartphone and the battery lasts all day long. It lets you install alternative operating systems if you don't want to use stock Android. I use GrapheneOS (which you can find my thoughts on below) and the experience has been great. USB C charging is a plus. Unfortunately there is no micro SD card slot or headphone jack, so minus points for that, but what do you expect from a 2022 smartphone from Google? There is nothing I miss about iPhone and the price tag didn't make me feel so bad after my purchase
Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon (gen 6)
This is the Thinkpad that I currently use. I bought it refurbished, and aside from a tiny amount of crumbs left under the keyboard and a big ugly shadow of what was once a sticker on the back, it was good as new. The display is very good, and is a touchscreen if you're into that. It is very LIGHT since it is an ultrabook, and of course, it has the iconic Thinkpad clit mouse. No clue how the thing runs Windows because I immediately installed Linux. My only real grievance with it is the chiclet keyboard, which isn't so bad, but it's much inferior to older models without this keyboard design. I don't have much else to say. It's a Thinkpad. Linux installs easy and you can still repair it pretty easily (though the ram is soldered on). I really like how light it is. Light as a feather. It also has USB C charging and a SIM/MicoSD slot. I do really like this computer.
Software I use
These are all free and open source software unless otherwise stated
GrapheneOS
I use this with my Pixel 6a and the experience has been fantastic. It's a privacy and security oriented OS, so I was expecting I would have to sacrifice a lot of convenience, but that wasn't really even the case. It has been very easy to adapt to coming from iPhone and with little experience on stock Android. The install process was also very easy and can be done entirely in your browser through their web installer. There's also this feature which lets you use Google Play apps in a sandboxed environment, meaning the apps and the Google Play store itself will have no special privileges on your phone, and you can add and revoke the permissions you want. You also have the option to create a separate profile on your phone just for these apps, which is recommended but not required. It's a very minimalist OS so when you first install it there will be barely anything, which I think is GREAT. I mean just look at the state of Samsung. GrapheneOS only supports Google Pixel phones, but it supports plenty (if not all) models.
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mpv
If you're still using VLC in the current year, STOP what you are doing and install mpv. It's a great, minimalist command line media player with better video quality and is extremely customisable. You can also use it to stream media from a huge list of supported sites if you get the youtube-dl plugin. I don't really have much else to say. I'm sorry, but VLC is bloated and I'll never go back.
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cmus
cmus is a very minimalist, terminal based music player. It supports plugins and is not bloated as shit. I quite like it, and is currently my choice of music player on Linux.
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MusicBee
MusicBee is unfortunately closed source, but it is my favourite music player. Use this on Windows, and if you want a similar experience on Linux, Clementine is pretty close. But I still prefer MusicBee.
Blanket
Blanket is a really cool program I found by accident on Flathub. It's basically a noise machine, and you can adjust the levels of noise and add your own custom sounds. Very relaxing stuff. I am using it as I type this, listening to the sounds of a stream flowing with birds chirping.
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Persepolis
Persepolis is a download manager available on Linux, BSD, Mac and Windows. It is entirely free and open source, and very easy to use. It is a great download manager. Downloading larger files through your browser is slow as fuck, so I use Persepolis Download Manager. It's also significantly faster than other download managers I have tried.
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KeePassXC
The greatest password manager of all time. An offline password database manager with unbreakable encryption that can generate strong as fuck passwords. Did I mention that it's offline? No cloud bullshit to worry about
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qBittorrent
Nobody should be using any bittorrent client besides this. Oh my GOD why would you use uTorrent are you kidding me?
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