Uses

This is the 2024 edition. Here we go.

hardware

• Raspberry Pi 5 – the daily driver

software

• Raspberry Pi OS Desktop + bundled software
• anacron – run commands periodically
• bat – a cat(1) clone
• bleachbit – clean system and free disk space
• chisel – static site generator
• detox – tames problematic filenames
• entr – to run arbitrary commands when files change
• fd – a simple, fast, user-friendly alternative to find
• fish – a smart and user-friendly command line shell
• fzf – a command line fuzzy finder
• gimp – GNU image manipulation program
• git – distributed version control system
• gparted – disk partition manager
• gpg – GNU privacy guard
• mosh – mobile shell
• mtm – micro terminal multiplexer
• neovim – Vim fork with Lua plug-ins and good defaults
  • auto-pairs – insert brackets, parens, quotes in pair
  • latex-snippets-vim – LaTeX snippets
  • lightline – a light and configurable status-line
  • typst-snippets-vim – Typst snippets
  • typst.vim – Typst language syntax
  • ultisnips – snippets engine
  • vim-monokai-tasty – a theme
  • vim-plug – plug-in manager for Vim and Neovim
  • vim-sensible – sensible defaults
  • vim-surround – add surroundings in pairs
• nginx – http web server
• pass – the standard unix password manager
• python – programming language
  • python3-jinja2 – designer friendly templating engine
  • python3-markdown – simple markup language
  • python3-matplotlib – plotting library
  • python3-numpy – numerical computing library
  • python3-pandas – data analysis library
  • ruff – python linter and code formatter
  • uv – python package and project manager
• rename – perl rename script
• ripgrep – recursive search tool
• rsync – utility for incremental file transfer
• typst – modern typesetting system
• zopflipng – lossless PNG image compression