Hardware #
Computer #
Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5i 9gen
- Display: 14" 1920x1200
- CPU: Intel Core Ultra 5 125H (14C-18T)
- Memory: 32GB
- SSD: 1TB
- OS: CachyOS (GNOME)
Current Desktop #
Why GNOME
I've always been kind of a hater of GNOME, never really liked the feel of the DE, however after having issues with a lot of the DEs I was trying out (mainly KDE where for some reason it didn't feel smooth and the only solution was to set the laptop to performance mode) I decided to try out GNOME after years of not touching it and tbh, I really like it!
I still prefer KDE Plasma but GNOME feels snappier and works much better on a laptop form factor so I decided to stick with it, it's also the only DE that supports a color picker with magnifier under Wayland, something I really need for design work.
I also really love the Adwaita theme :3
Main Phone #
- Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE (6,1", Snapdragon 778G, 8GB, 128GB) running Lineage OS 23.2 with MindTheGapps
Software #
Contains both desktop and mobile applications.
Web Browser: Zen Browser (desktop), Firefox (mobile).
Code Editor: Visual Studio Code (without telemetry and copilot).
IDE: Visual Studio Community 2026 on Windows and JetBrains Rider on Linux.
Dev tools: Git, Deno, GnuPG.
Audio: Tracktion Waveform, Audacity, VLC, JamesDSP, Pear Desktop.
Image & Design: Figma (I do wanna try other design tools, mainly Inkscape, Krita, and Graphite).
Video: Kdenlive, OBS Studio, Handbrake.
Gaming: Steam, Heroic.
Discord: Equibop (desktop), Revenge (mobile).
Matrix: FluffyChat.
Extensions: uBlock Origin.
Services #
This section only include online services, I know that some of the software mentioned above could also be deemed that way but I don't wanna duplicate stuff :P
- Proton - Personal Email (in the process of moving)
- Disroot - Secondary Email
- SimpleLogin - Aliases
- Last.fm - Track my music
- Bitwarden - E2EE password manager
- Filen - Cloud storage
- Riseup - Email for the surfscape collective
- 4get - A minimal meta search engine