Essentials

This is the 2024 edition (updated for 2025-). 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
• 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
• fonts-jetbrains-mono – terminal font
• fonts-quicksand – UI font for Raspberry Pi OS
• foot – a fast, and minimalistic terminal emulator
• gimp – GNU image manipulation program
• gnumeric – a free, open-source spreadsheet application
• git – distributed version control system
• gparted – disk partition manager
• gpg – GNU privacy guard
• hl.js – The syntax highlighter for the web
• Inkscape – Vector graphics editor
• KaTeX – The fast math typesetting for the web
• 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
• pngquant – lossy PNG image compression
• python – programming language
  • jinja2 – designer friendly templating engine
  • markdown – simple markup language
  • matplotlib – plotting library
  • numpy – numerical computing library
  • 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
• Sublime Text – great text editor
• Sublime Merge – great git client
• thonny – python IDE for beginners (and pros alike)
• typst – modern typesetting system
• ufw – uncomplicated firewall
• vlc – a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player
• zellij – terminal workspace with batteries included

Backup

I only backup my home folder, because it’s enough. The command backup is an alias using rsync to an SSD drive.

rsync -auv --delete --exclude-from=$HOME/excl.txt $HOME/ /media/ckunte/pi5b/ckunte/