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What I Use

Below is a collection of software I currently use and software I've used in the past. When I can, I use free software, free as in freedom. Although sometimes I am required to use proprietary alternatives for school.
The following is a short video from the Free Software Foundation on free software and it's importance.
[1] Free Software Free Society [2]

Operating systems

Currently, I use Windows 11 as I am required to for school. Despite that I do most of my development work within a Debian WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). At home on my workstation, I run Debian 13. Over the years I have also used a plethora of other Linux Distributions:
Distribution Base Key Points
Debian Debian
  1. I enjoy the stability of Debian's packages
  2. Debian has become much easier to install in recent years
  • My top pick for anyone with Linux experience who wants to retire from distrohopping
Ubuntu Debian
  1. Felt very corporate.
  2. Broke during an update
  • Despite it's legendary status, I can not recommend Ubuntu to anybody.
Arch Linux Arch
  1. Did not enjoy using the Arch User Repository (AUR)
  2. Packages broke very easily
  3. Did not feel as "Plug 'n' Play" as most other distributionsc
  4. Enjoyed the vast package support
  • I would recommend everybody download Arch from scratch at least once. It is a great way to learn about Linux systems.
Fedora Red Hat
  1. The Linux equivalent to Windows, in a good way.
  2. Newer packages, but still very stable
  3. The dnf package manager was very nice to use
  4. Poor package support, needed to use flatpaks for alot of things.
  • I would recommend Fedora to Linux users who already have some experience, and want newer packages than Debian
Linux Mint Ubuntu
  1. Successfully targetted towards beginners.
  2. Fixes everything that Ubuntu does poorly.
  3. Excellent user experience for the layperson.
  • I would highly recommend it for Linux newcomers or anyone who wants an alternative to base Ubuntu

Web Browsers

I currently use Firefox on all my devices with the uBlock Origin browser extension. I previously used the free Falkon browser, but switched to Firefox as it has better security, and a larger team of developers. I have also previously used Chrome and Brave browser, but dislike Chromium based web browsers.

Richard Stallman wrote an interesting article called The JavaScript Trap [3] which discusses how despite one's best efforts to not use proprietary software, they may be accidentally using it everyday in the form of JavaScript.

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