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Sux & Rox.

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I'm very particular about the software I use because I've grown comfortable with what I think works well and what I believe doesn't. Elitism is stupid, use what you want, though that doesn't mean I won't take easy jabs at Ubuntu or Fedora users :p

Operating System

There are three primary operating systems I use.

Firstly, the one I interact most with, Gentoo, my desktop operating system. Gentoo is a bit of a meme distro as it's known for being extraordinarily extra (this is true). The point of the operating system is to compile everything from source, kernel, web browser, drivers. It's not for people who want a system that just works. However, I enjoy using my computer, and enjoy using Gentoo as it's just another step up from similar bare-bones distributions like Arch.

Next, there's Debian. There's really not much to say about Debian but that's quite why I like it. It's a good server operating system because of its stable release cycle. Though, this can bite you if you need the latest version of software, I've never had this issue on server class systems, though.

Finally, OpenBSD. This operating system is really beautiful once you get to know it. Again, I primarily use this for servers. Out of the box it comes with every common server daemon you might want (http, smtp, relay, firewall)

In terms of what I think sucks... Windows, primarily. I like fine grained control over my system Windows does not offer that. Another sore spot for Windows is telemetry, surely to most people it would be unsuprising but Windows is a major privacy risk, this is especially compounded because it's well... your OS. It can see everything you do and proved recently by the Windows recall fiasco. Do yourself a favour, learn Linux/BSD, they're fun.

Web Browser

I've never really found a web browser I'm totally comfortable with. Firefox is slow and Mozilla has problems... Chrome is backed by Google and every other Chromium spin-off is just added slop.

I use Ungoogled Chromium which is just a unique patch-set on top of Chromium's code base which aims to strip out anything Google related. Think of it what you will, I'm not overly happy with it but it works.

There aren't really any other good browsers I've tried and that's for a plethora of reasons. But there are a few cool projects to check out. surf, lynx, w3m.

Oh and of course there's Tor Browser. You should use that.

General Software

Time for the lightning round.