This repository lists the tools that I would use to setup a computer, the tool will be for one of the following: (w)indows, (m)ac, (l)inux or (b)rowser.
How to install applications. If the application is gui software which autoupdates itself, install it directly from the website. If it is software which is downloadable through a github release or is command line only software consider installing it with scoop.
Note that my software selection is motivated by selecting open source and minimal software when possible (especially on linux), though I make exceptions while running windows or mac.
My preferred operating system depends on what my main goal is for the computer, for a custom built desktop computer, I generally go with windows as that let's me have the most options when it comes to games, music creation and gui programs, on low end systems or laptops prefer linux as it's lightweight and easy to setup for programming, finally I use a mac if it's given to me.
This repository is mainly for myself when setting up a new computer, but also to anyone who is looking for software for particular tasks, or just curious about what kind of tools I use
- If running windows be sure to reomve any bloat: https://github.com/LeDragoX/Win-Debloat-Tools
- chair 16in off the ground
- mouse pad 24in off the ground, close to right leg, slight downward elbow angle, keyboard symetrically on left
- monitor 20in away from face
- color temperature: night mode (w,m built in), redshift (l)
- steelseries qck cloth mousepad large (450x400x2mm)
- mouse with high DPI and poll rate using 30in per 360 in any game
- any keyboard with decent switches
- 144hz+ monitor at eye level
- htop, neofetch (l)
- cloudirc (b)
- discord (w, m, l)
- email (b)
- 3 mouse sensitivity, mouse enhanced precision turned off (w)
- manage multiple mouse profiles (w)
- mouse sensitivity matrix (l)
- swap escape and caps: power tools (w),
setxkbmap -option caps:swapescape(l), keyboard modifiers in settings (m)
- chrome (w,m), firefox (l)
- terminal file management
- cloud storage: google drive (w,m), insync (l)
- a visual storage manager: windirstat (w)
- document format changer: pandoc
- zip file opener: 7zip
- pdf editor and viewer: pdf-exchange editor (w), viewer: zathura (with zathura-pdf-mupdf), editor: xournalpp (l)
- miktex - using princeton mirror for downloads
- DAW: fl-studio (w) reaper,LMMS (l)
- virtual midi cable: loopmidi (w, m, l)
- jazz VST's: ample upright bass, pianoteq for keyboard vst
- sheet music creation: musescore, lilypad
- midi synth: surge-xt (l)
- computer as midi device: anchor-keyboard (w,m,l)
- audio file editor: audacity
- metronome: gtick (l)
- spotify
- raster image editing: gimp (w, m, l)
- vector image editing: inkscape (w, m, l)
- pixel editor: asperite (w, m, l)
- imagemagick
- trenchbroom
- blender
- crocotile3d
- screen recording: obs studio (w, m, l)
- pandoc
- miktex
- imagemagick
- youtube-dl
- windows power toys (swap escape and caps)
- autohotkey
- neovim
- godot
- pycharm
- vscode
- visual studio
- android studio
- webstorm
- github desktop (w, m, l)
- git-bash (w, m, l)
- nodejs (w, m, l)
- athame
- Websites:
- documentation