About

Programs I Use

Please keep in mind that I'm not an expert in computers or coding, but I like reading about other people's setups, so I thought I'd give it a try.

Cmus

Very simple and lightweight command line music player.

Firefox

My regular internet browser. Since Firefox sends a lot of personal data to Mozilla via telemetry these days, I hardened it with Arkenfox's user.js file. In short, this script changes some core settings in Firefox to increase user privacy and reduce the possibility of fingerprinting.

Links

Outside of my regular internet browser I use Links, an internet browser that works entirely within the terminal emulator of your choice. It automatically blocks CSS and JavaScript and is perfect for browsing the more minimal websites.

Nano

While I know I might earn the scorn of all Vim enthusiasts for saying this, I use Nano as my regular text editor. I started using it at the beginning and kept using it because it just worked for me. I edited the configuration file to make it look and function a little better.

Openbox

Instead of a desktop environment I use a window manager and my window manager of choice is Openbox. It is lightweight, fast and the configuration files are easy to edit. I use LXAppearance and LXAppearance-ObConf to edit the appearance.

Ranger

Lightweight file manager that works entirely within the terminal emulator of your choice, allowing me to browse my files quickly and smoothly.

Tint2

Highly customizable and a very simple and lightweight taskbar.

Xterm

Very lightweight program with a lot of customizability via the configuration file. I use Terminus as my terminal font.