Stuff I Own, Use and Behold

Stuff I Own (My Computers)

HP Victus 16-e0xxx - AirboundLiberation

Operating System: Arch Linux ← Debian 13 ← Debian 12 ← Bazzite ← Arch Linux ← Fedora Workstation 40 ← Linux Mint 21 ← Windows 11 Home (manufacturer-installed)

Stats: 256 GB NVMe SSD, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 8 GB (4 GB × 2) DDR4 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile

My daily driver, development rig, creative and academic writing studio and on-the-go drawing hub, originally bought for university.

It went through several different Linux distros simply because I wasn't happy with Microsoft's forced AI integration into their products and services.

And of course, Secure Boot locked out any chances of a Mint or Arch dual-boot, and by the time I decided on Fedora, I was already sick of Windows.

Nowadays, I try to steer clear of Microsoft where possible.

Steam Deck OLED 1 TB - DeckStation-Azure

Operating System: CachyOS Handheld Edition ← Bazzite (from Fedora Kinoite) ← Arch Linux w/ linux-bazzite-bin ← Bazzite (from Fedora Silverblue) ← SteamOS 3.0 (manufacturer-installed)

Used for gaming and other portable PC stuff, such as serving as a handheld web browser.

Its brief stint as a portable Arch Linux system was fun but unmaintainable — it was too much of a hassle to keep up with SteamOS updates, and I didn't want to have to deal with being my own distro maintainer.

I went back to Bazzite, based on Fedora Kinoite (which in turn is based on Fedora Silverblue), which is developed by an entire community who isn't just me hacking my own solution together.

Stuff I Use (Software)

My primary programming language is Rust - I use it for practically every non-game project I write, and that's only because I make games using Godot Engine, which Rust is not inherently compatible with. (Yes, I know about godot-rust and GDNative, shut up)

For creative writing, I use whatever format is most convenient at any given time, but it's usually a lightweight markup language like Markdown or a proper typesetting format like LaTeX.

My go-to text editor right now is Zed - I used to use VSCodium, but that, as an Electron app, was far too heavy and resource-intensive for my not-very-powerful laptop. I don't use any of the AI features in Zed, because honestly frick making a computer write crap for you, write the crap yourselves, you lazybones

Stuff I Behold (Philosophy)

I'm vehemently anti-DRM and pro-consumer, and I'll always opt for free/libre and open-source software over proprietary garbage.

I believe DRM to be a scourge on the wider gaming community, and I'm tired of paying for games and not even fricking owning them.

That's why I fully support Ross Scott's Stop Killing Games movement - I strongly believe simply ending support for a game people pay money for as a good is an unjustifable act of greed and publishers who do so will not see the light of heaven.