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---
title: "Stuff"
date: 2025-09-21T19:48:56+02:00
---
## Intro
As I am writing this it's only been a year since I learned about `GNU/Linux`. I didn't know anything about programming neither back then, but hey, here I am :)
## Software I use(d)
I remember reading those two pages from [Luke Smith](https://lukesmith.xyz/programs) and [zacoons](https://zacoons.com/stuff) this summer. I really liked them, so I am going to do the same (kind of the same).
### Env
When I first learned about Linux, everyone told me to install [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com), and so I did. I don't remember my experience using it (as I only used Ubuntu for like 3 days). But I remember staying late at night installing [Debian](https://www.debian.org) after learning that Ubuntu wasn't the **one and only Linux distro** existing.
Learning about the others Desktop Environment was overwhelming as well, so I ran Debian headless (without a Desktop Environment) only to realize that a display server is vital if I want to make a normal use of my computer. So I installed and learned about Window Managers with i3.
Debian was nice and made me happy (for a few months or so). But I quickly learned about rolling release distros and so I installed [Void Linux](https://voidlinux.org).
_Void Linux_ is a really cool name. Void Linux **is** cool. `xbps` is cool. Everything about this distro **is cool**. [Wayland](https://wayland.freedesktop.org) **is** cool, [Sway](https://github.com/swaywm) sure was. And making symlinks between `/etc/sv` and `/var/services` to enable daemons was fire. I really loved using Void Linux, I used it with [GNOME](https://www.gnome.org) and [KDE](https://kde.org) plasma for months.
Unfortunately, an app I wanted to use needed systemd as a dependency so I had to leave the runit init system. As I already used Debian I wanted to try another distro so I installed Arch.
Arch is scary. I don't have much to say about it. I use it with [Hyprland](https://hypr.land).
I wanted to try [suckless](https://suckless.org) software but meh, I don't want to leave Wayland and [dwl](https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl) doesn't sound appealing to me.
### Shell
I used to only know good ol' [bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash).
[fish](https://fishshell.com) was kind of a deal breaker compared to the bourne again shell, but recently I've switched to [zsh](https://www.zsh.org).
### Editor
I started off with VSCode, but I just knew that it wasn't the right one, I am now using [Neovim](https://neovim.io), I really like the project, but I don't feel like neovim is the right one neither. Maybe I will give [Helix](https://helix-editor.com) a shot.
### Web browser
I use Firefox, with [arkenfox](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js).
### Search Engine
I used DuckDuckGo before and then ran SearXNG on my personal server. But now I just choose one [here](https://searx.space).
## Software I don't want to use
### Google
I started ungoogle-ing things this summer. Using another email provider, another email client, etc isn't that bad. The most difficult part for me is by far android. I have a Xiaomi phone I bought years ago and I am running HyprOs 2.0 on it.
It's currently impossible (or at least, very difficult) to unlock the bootloader of phones running this particuliar OS. So I am trapped, I can't install a custom android ROM such as [LineageOS](https://lineageos.org) or [GrapheneOS](https://grapheneos.org) because of the bootloader unlocking process.
The only workaround I found is using [AUD](https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation) with [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org).
## More
### Me
If you want to, you can email me and encrypt things with my GnuPG public key.
- [nantha@mielota.com]() [✉️](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email)
- [https://mielota.com/nantha.pgp](/nantha.pgp) [🔒](https://comfy.guide/client/gpg)
### People
Here's a small list of people hosting their websites.
[You should put](https://zacoons.com/blog/2025-12-09-why-you-should-have-a-website/) tons of links to other people in your website.
- [mielota](/) (yep that's just me)
- [Denshi](https://denshi.org)
- [Luke Smith](https://lukesmith.xyz)
- [zacoons](https://zacoons.com)
- [Martin Chrzanowski](https://m-chrzan.xyz)
- [Lan (termer)](https://termer.net)
- [Jppaled](https://jppaled.xyz)
- [Eric Murphy](https://ericmurphy.xyz)
### Guides
These guides helped me a lot. There are good guides on Youtube too.
- [LandChad.net](https://landchad.net)
- [Comfy.Guide](https://comfy.guide)
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