Software I use
Software, tools, services I use
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Software, tools, services I use
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Ubuntu latest releases with KDE as desktop in my Lenovo X1 Carbon laptop.
Android 13 in my Nokia G42 phone
- Primary IDE for software development.
as monospace font with programming ligatures enabled.
- For quick text editing. KDE's text editor
nano - for editing in console. Also Git commit message editor
Libreoffice - For all ODT, Presentation, Word documents
- For sharing code samples that require framework support like Vue projects. An easy way to import a repo to CodeSandbox via URL is with GitHubBox.com. Append 'box' to your github.com URL in between 'hub' and '.com' and it will redirect to CodeSandbox. Here's an example:
Change the GitHub URL: .
To:
- For quick code snippets and illustrations
Google doc - for collaborative document editing. Heavily used at work
I use Firefox as primary browser.
Chrome for my WMF account. Also for its powerful developer tools.
Inkscape - for all kind of vector drawing, typeface design
Kolorpaint - for quick Image editing
Gimp - For image manipulation like resizing , scaling
Inkscape for design, but now a days I use metapost based design workflow.
Trufont for quick corrections like bearing, positioning.
Scribus - rarely. Only for Malayalam support experiments
Netflix
Amazon Prime
Youtube(free account).
VLC - Not much these days as I use online services.
Telegram - regularly use for family and friends. Also several foss community channels
Whatsapp - Not active in any group, but this is required for people to reach out me quickly including some immediate family members.
slack - All my Wikimedia foundation work related communication
with plugins. I use dropdown terminal in KDE.
and for inspecting fonts
VS Code for opentype engineering wit. Automation require python programming, shellscripting and Makefile. I use VSCode for all of these.
- for illustration concepts, flow charts and so on
for PDF annoations, especially for type speciman reviews. Integrates with Google drive
Latex, - primarily for Malayalam and research papers
- for simple TeX editor with live preview
For newsfeeds and RSS subscriptions, I use a telegram bot It fetches the feeds in regular intervals. Helps me to read in mobile and deskop without any extra application. Adding new feeds is just a matter of pasting the URL to chat. Cons: It is just a linear list of chat messages(I mute it) and don't expect feed categorization and organization as you would expect in a RSS reader application
Mastodon
Facebook - I don't use mobile app or login from mobile. In laptop I access it using . Now a days I check facebook in 10 mins or so maximum per day. Often ends up with various Malayalam computing related questions people ask in its chat.
for
spaces for private notes and this knowledge space. My todo list is also with gitbook
I use for password management with GPG encrypted passwords synced with a private gitlab repo. I use its browser extensions too.
I use no-distraction mode in Android always. From 9AM to 5PM, I set focus mode in android - it disables many apps in the phone. At night I use the , which makes the screen black and white, and disables all notification till earliest alarm set.
In desktop I use night time color setting to warm up the screen color at sunset. I use the same setting at phone. Avoiding exposure after sunset .
I use VPN
I Use for DNS in my router
I also use a VPS by to host my web applications(that is a referral link worth €20)