13 May, 2019

My setup

My daily drivers---hardware, software and workflow

Hardware

   The only computer I have with me is my [1]HP Envy 13 (2018) (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 [2]OnePlus 6T, running stock [3]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 [4]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 [5]Samsung Gear S3 Frontier. Tizen is definitely better
   than Android Wear.

   My keyboard, although not with me in college, is a very old [6]Dell
   SK-8110. For the little bit of gaming that I do, I use a [7]HP m150
   gaming mouse. It's the perfect size (and color).

   For my music, I use the [8]Bose SoundLink II. 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 [9]elementary
   OS. I used to be an Arch Linux elitist, complete with an esoteric
   window manager, all riced. I now use whatever JustWorks(TM). :DEL]

   Update: As of June 2019, I've switched over to a vanilla Debian 9
   Stretch install, running [10]i3 as my window manager. If you want, you
   can dig through my configs at my [11]dotfiles repo.

   Here's a (riced) screenshot of my desktop.

   scrot

   Most of my work is done in either the browser, or the terminal. My
   shell is pure [12]zsh, 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 [13]Nim -- [14]nicy. My primary text editor is [15]nvim.
   Again, all configs in my dotfiles repo linked above. I manage all my
   passwords using [16]pass(1), and I use [17]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
   [18]x.icyphox.sh. The UI is the wonderful [19]serve, by [20]ZEIT. 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.
   Soon(TM).

References

   1. https://store.hp.com/us/en/mdp/laptops/envy-13
   2. https://www.oneplus.in/6t
   3. https://www.oneplus.in/oxygenos
   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_5
   5. https://www.samsung.com/in/wearables/gear-s3-frontier-r760/
   6. https://www.amazon.com/Dell-Keyboard-Model-SK-8110-Interface/dp/B00366HMMO
   7. https://www.hpshopping.in/hp-m150-gaming-mouse-3dr63pa.html
   8. https://www.boseindia.com/en_in/products/headphones/over_ear_headphones/soundlink-around-ear-wireless-headphones-ii.html
   9. https://elementary.io/
  10. https://i3wm.org/
  11. https://github.com/icyphox/dotfiles
  12. http://www.zsh.org/
  13. https://nim-lang.org/
  14. https://github.com/icyphox/nicy
  15. https://neovim.org/
  16. https://passwordstore.org/
  17. https://github.com/carnager/rofi-pass
  18. https://x.icyphox.sh/
  19. https://github.com/zeit/serve
  20. https://zeit.co/