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<h1>Programs</h1>
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(<span class="bold">notes</span>
(date 2026-04-23)
(category <a href="../../notes.html">technology</a>)
(status <span class="status-rough">rough</span>)
(confidence certain)
(importance 7)
(tags software tools linux))
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<p class="preview">Programs I use, have used, or love the idea of using. Not a minimal setup list. Not a dotfiles tour. An honest catalogue of software I recommend.</p>
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<p>These are programs I use, have used, or love the idea of using. Some I have configured extensively, others I run stock. This is not a minimalism flex or a dotfiles tour. It is a practical catalogue of software I would recommend to someone building a Unix workflow from scratch.</p>
<p>If you want to see my hardware, see <a href="/hardware">hardware</a>. If you want to see what I think is harmful, see <a href="/harmful">harmful</a>.</p>
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<h4>Operating Systems</h4>
<p><strong>Gentoo</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Core Utilities</h4>
<p><strong>sbase</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Init Systems</h4>
<p><strong>OpenRC</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Shells</h4>
<p><strong>fish</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>rc</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Terminals</h4>
<p><strong>dvtm</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Window Managers</h4>
<p><strong>dwm</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Status Bars</h4>
<p><strong>dwmblocks</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Launchers</h4>
<p><strong>dmenu</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Lockscreens</h4>
<p><strong>slock</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Editors</h4>
<p><strong>vis</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>nvim</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>Emacs</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Browsers</h4>
<p><strong>Helium</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>surf</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>Tor Browser</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>Nyxt</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>Freedom (IPFS Browser)</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>File Managers</h4>
<p><strong>nnn</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Music & Audio</h4>
<p><strong>mpd</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>ncmpcpp</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Video</h4>
<p><strong>mpv</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>ani-cli</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>RSS & News</h4>
<p><strong>sfeed</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Documents & Writing</h4>
<p><strong>sent</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>PDF & Image Viewers</h4>
<p><strong>zathura</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>nsxiv</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Fetch & System Info</h4>
<p><strong>fastfetch</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Version Control</h4>
<p><strong>git</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>gh</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>lazygit</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>git-delta</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Networking & VPN</h4>
<p><strong>Mullvad VPN</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>proxychains-ng</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>OpenVPN</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Encryption & Security</h4>
<p><strong>pass</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>DNS & Ad Blocking</h4>
<p><strong>Custom Hosts File</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Backup & Sync</h4>
<p><strong>rsync</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>Syncthing</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>GNU Stow</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Torrents</h4>
<p><strong>rtorrent</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Usenet</h4>
<p><strong>tin</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Chat & IRC</h4>
<p><strong>catgirl</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>System Monitoring</h4>
<p><strong>btop</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Calendar & Contacts</h4>
<p><strong>calcurse</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>abook</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Notifications</h4>
<p><strong>dunst</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Compositors</h4>
<p><strong>picom</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Clipboard & Screenshots</h4>
<p><strong>xclipboard</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>scrot</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Bookmarks</h4>
<p><strong>buku</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Containers</h4>
<p><strong>lazydocker</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Graphics</h4>
<p><strong>Inkscape</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>GIMP</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Theming</h4>
<p><strong>cwal</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Compilers</h4>
<p><strong>tcc</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Programming Languages</h4>
<p><strong>C</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>Go</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<p><strong>Bash</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Cron</h4>
<p><strong>scron</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>Site Downloads</h4>
<p><strong>wget</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
<h4>LLM</h4>
<p><strong>Ollama</strong>
<em>Description pending.</em></p>
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