My Preference of Programs and Softwares
- Shell: fish
- Matrix: element
- Bitcoin: Electrum
- Presentation: sent
- Terminal: kitty
- PDF viewer: zathura
- Image Viewer: nsxiv
- Audio/Video player: mpv
- Image modification: GIMP
- Operating System: Arch Linux
- Download + torrent utility: aria2
- Mail client/RSS reader: thunderbird
- Monero: The standard Monero GUI Wallet
- Window Manager/Desktop Environment: dwm
- Text editing and programming: vscodium, neovim
- Video and Audio Manipulation: kdenlive and ffmpeg
- Web browser: librewolf (Checkout browsers comparison here)
- Search engine: SearXNG (Checkout search engines comparison here)
- Git services: sourcehut, cgit for self hosting (Checkout git services comparison here)
- Password manager: KeePassXC, Vaultwarden - (Better Bitwarden)
Better Frontends and Alternatives To:
There is a concern that most of the internet, and specifically the big tech companies and the internet service providers collect user data, and are spying on us. This includes tracking our online behavior and using that information to target ads, or even sharing it with third parties without our knowledge or consent. Read the article Internet is a spyware to know more.
Here is a list of better open-source frontend-and alternatives for some popular internet spywares.
- Imgur: rimgo
- Spotify: spotube, psst
- Quora: quetre
- Medium: Scribe
- IMDb: libremdb
- Twitter: nitter
- Tiktok: ProxiTok
- Reddit: libreddit
- Youtube: invidious
- Wikipedia: wikiless
- Maps: OpenStreetMaps
- Email service: Tutanota
- Discord: ripcord, gtkcord4
- Facebook Messenger: Caprine
- Google Translate: Simply Translate
Better Android Clients To:
- Mastodon: Tusky
- Facebook: Frost
- Reddit: Infinity
- Instagram: Barinsta
- Play Store: F-Droid
- Email Client: K-9 Mail
- Email service: Tutanota
- Telegram: Telegram-FOSS
- Keyboard: HeliBoard, Simple Keyboard
- Twitter: Nitter for Android
- Youtube: PipePipe
- Home/Launcher: KISS Launcher
- Google Translate: simplytranslate_mobile
Recommended Browser Extensions
Pro Tip: Use Container Tabs feature available in the librewolf browser. Keep every logins separate. Simply, use different containers for different website logins. Use one container for normal browing and one separate for random and suspicious links.
Others
My other sites, instances and random important links
- My wallpaper collection: https://wallpaper.castorisdead.xyz
- My terminal-like website: https://whoisyoges.eu.org (alert: js required)
- Instance of my simple-guestbook: https://guestbook.yogeshlamichhane.com.np
- My custom build of browser home/start page: https://search.castorisdead.xyz