# Software I use ## Operating system * Ubuntu latest releases with KDE as desktop in my Lenovo X1 Carbon laptop. * Android 13 in my Nokia G42 phone ## Editors * [VS Code ](https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/text-editors/vs-code)- Primary IDE for software development. * [Fira Code](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode) as monospace font with programming ligatures enabled. * [Kate](https://kate-editor.org) - 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 ### Online editors * [Codesandbox.io](https://codesandbox.io) - 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: * [codepen.io](https://codepen.io/) - For quick code snippets and illustrations * Google doc - for collaborative document editing. Heavily used at work ## Browser * I use Firefox as primary browser. * Chrome for my WMF account. Also for its powerful developer tools. ## Shell * [zsh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z_shell) with plugins. I use [Yakuake](https://apps.kde.org/en/yakuake) dropdown terminal in KDE. ## Design * Inkscape - for all kind of vector drawing, typeface design * Kolorpaint - for quick Image editing * Gimp - For image manipulation like resizing , scaling ### Typeface design and development * Inkscape for design, but now a days I use metapost based design workflow. * [Fontra](https://fontra.xyz/) and [Fontforge](https://fontforge.org/en-US/) for inspecting fonts * Trufont for quick corrections like bearing, positioning. * VS Code for opentype engineering wit[h VS code AFDKO extension that I wrote](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=santhoshthottingal.vscode-afdko\&ssr=false). Automation require python programming, shellscripting and Makefile. I use VSCode for all of these. ## Illustrations * [Excalidraw](https://excalidraw.com/) - for illustration concepts, flow charts and so on * [Kami](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kami-pdf-and-document-ann/iljojpiodmlhoehoecppliohmplbgeij) for PDF annoations, especially for type speciman reviews. Integrates with Google drive ## Typesetting * Latex, [Xetex](https://docs.thottingal.in/malayalam-computing/typesetting/xetex) - primarily for Malayalam [typesetting](https://docs.thottingal.in/malayalam-computing/typesetting) and research papers * [Gummi](https://gummi.app/) - for simple TeX editor with live preview * Scribus - rarely. Only for Malayalam support experiments ## Reading #### RSS 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 ## Movies * Netflix * Amazon Prime * Youtube(free account). * VLC - Not much these days as I use online services. ## Social media and Chat * [Twitter](https://twitter.com/santhoshtr/) * Mastodon * Facebook - I don't use mobile app or login from mobile. In laptop I access it using [Firefox Facebook container](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/facebookcontainer/). 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. * 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 ## Blog and Notes * [Hugo](https://gohugo.io) for [blog](https://thottingal.in/blog) * [Gitbook](https://gitbook.com) spaces for private notes and this knowledge space. My todo list is also with gitbook ## Password management I use [pass](https://www.passwordstore.org/) for password management with GPG encrypted passwords synced with a private gitlab repo. I use its browser extensions too. ## Digital wellbeing 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 [bedtime mode in Android](https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/enable-bedtime-mode-your-android-device-0292856/), 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 [blue light](https://www.cpap.com/blog/blue-light-and-sleep/) exposure after sunset [improves sleep quality](https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/block-blue-light-to-sleep-better#effects-of-blue-light). ## Internet I use [wireguard](https://www.wireguard.com/) VPN I Use [nextdns](https://nextdns.io/?from=5nv2xqe3) for DNS in my router I also use a VPS by [Hetzner](https://hetzner.cloud/?ref=OMKwKIQwjf6B) to host my web applications(that is a referral link worth €20)