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--- template: text.html title: My setup subtitle: My daily drivers—hardware, software and workflow date: 2019-05-13 slug: my-setup --- **Update**: I now maintain a [uses](/uses) page. This post is out of date. ## Hardware The only computer I have with me is my [HP Envy 13 (2018)](https://store.hp.com/us/en/mdp/laptops/envy-13) (my model looks a little different). It’s a 13” ultrabook, with an i5 8250u, 8 gigs of RAM and a 256 GB NVMe SSD. It’s a very comfy machine that does everything I need it to. For my phone, I use a [OnePlus 6T](https://www.oneplus.in/6t), running stock [OxygenOS](https://www.oneplus.in/oxygenos). As of this writing, its bootloader hasn’t been unlocked and nor has the device been rooted. I’m also a proud owner of a [Nexus 5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_5), which I really wish Google rebooted. It’s surprisingly still usable and runs Android Pie, although the SIM slot is ruined and the battery backup is abysmal. My watch is a [Samsung Gear S3 Frontier](https://www.samsung.com/in/wearables/gear-s3-frontier-r760/). Tizen is definitely better than Android Wear. My keyboard, although not with me in college, is a very old [Dell SK-8110](https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Keyboard-Model-SK-8110-Interface/dp/B00366HMMO). For the little bit of gaming that I do, I use a [HP m150](https://www.hpshopping.in/hp-m150-gaming-mouse-3dr63pa.html) gaming mouse. It’s the perfect size (and color). For my music, I use the [Bose SoundLink II](https://www.boseindia.com/en_in/products/headphones/over_ear_headphones/soundlink-around-ear-wireless-headphones-ii.html). Great pair of headphones, although the ear cups need replacing. ## And the software <del>My distro of choice for the past ~1 year has been [elementary OS](https://elementary.io). I used to be an Arch Linux elitist, complete with an esoteric window manager, all riced. I now use whatever JustWorks™.</del> **Update**: As of June 2019, I've switched over to a vanilla Debian 9 Stretch install, running [i3](https://i3wm.org) as my window manager. If you want, you can dig through my configs at my [dotfiles](https://github.com/icyphox/dotfiles) repo. Here’s a (riced) screenshot of my desktop.  Most of my work is done in either the browser, or the terminal. My shell is pure [zsh](http://www.zsh.org), as in no plugin frameworks. It’s customized using built-in zsh functions. Yes, you don’t actually need a framework. It’s useless bloat. The prompt itself is generated using a framework I built in [Nim](https://nim-lang.org) -- [nicy](https://github.com/icyphox/nicy). My primary text editor is [nvim](https://neovim.org). Again, all configs in my dotfiles repo linked above. I manage all my passwords using [pass(1)](https://passwordstore.org), and I use [rofi-pass](https://github.com/carnager/rofi-pass) to access them via `rofi`. Most of my security tooling is typically run via a Kali Linux docker container. This is convenient for many reasons, keeps your global namespace clean and a single command to drop into a Kali shell. I use a DigitalOcean droplet (BLR1) as a public filehost, found at [cdn.icyphox.sh](https://cdn.icyphox.sh). The UI is the wonderful [serve](https://github.com/zeit/serve), by [ZEIT](https://zeit.co). The same box also serves as my IRC bouncer and OpenVPN (TCP), which I tunnel via SSH running on 443. Campus firewall woes. I plan on converting my desktop back at home into a homeserver setup. pSoon™. |