Used Hardware
Author: -fab- <fab@redterminal.org>
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Published on: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 04:34:44 +0100
Last updated: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 19:37:00 +0100
This page is not about my homelab, because there are dedicated pages for that. This page is for my daily drivers which I use. At first the hardware configurations, then the environment because it's nearly the same on all PCs. I have 3 machines which I use daily: dopey, sneezy and sleepy. They're named after some of the dwarfs in "Snow White". I've bought a new TUXEDO in November 2024 (sleepy), which replaces grumpy (a little broken) and which I use most now.
Now I use the old laptop as another Proxmox node, so now I have a cluster of 2 machines.
Desktop PC (dopey)
- Formacom PC AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
- Asus AMD RX 6950 XT OC Edition 16GB Graphics Card
- 32GB DDR5 RAM
- 1TB NVMe
- Mechanical CSL Keyboard (cheap)
- Cheap gaming mouse
Laptop TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 15 - Gen 9 AMD (sleepy) also for mobile
- Omnia Display | 2560 x 1600 | 16:10 | max. 240Hz | 500cd/m²
- 32 GB Crucial SO-DIMM DDR5 5600MHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (8 Cores/ 16 Threads) | Max. 5.1 GHz | 24 MB Cache
- 1 TB Samsung 990 Pro (NVMe PCIe 4.0)
- Second M.2 SSD Slot (empty)
- ISO Keyboard Layout
- Intel AX210 (WiFi)
- 6400 mAh Battery (~10 hours normal work time)
Laptop T460s (sneezy) for mobile
- Lenovo T460s I5-6300U
- 14" Monitor
- 20 GB DDR4 RAM
- Intel HD Graphics 520
- 256GB SSD
- Trackpoint
Environment
This environment is on all the machines nearly the same, so I have the same experience.
- Operating System: Artix Linux OpenRC Rolling Release
- Filesystem: BTRFS with rollback in emergency
- WindowManager: AwesomeWM
- Shell: ZSH
- Terminal: Alacritty
Daily Used Software
- Editor: NeoVim (TUI)
- MailClient: NeoMutt (TUI)
- Tasks/Notes/Calendar: VimWiki (NeoVim Plugin)
- Password-Manager: pass (CLI)
- Web-Browser: qutebrowser
- gemini/gopher/finger Client: telescope (TUI Client by Omar Polo)
- Fediverse: tut (TUI Client by Rasmus Lindroth)
- Feedreader: Newsboat
- Syncing data and config: SyncThing
- Video+Audio Player: mpv
- Youtube-Videos: ytfzf and FreeTube
- Filemanager: thunar, ranger (TUI)
Smartphone (Pixel 8a with GrapheneOS)
My /e/OS OnePlus Nord Phone broke while updating to the community edition (the stable edition was EOL). So I took the opportunity and bought a Pixel 8a and installed GrapheneOS on it. I need it mostly for a mobile hotspot. Otherwise I only use it for calling and the occasional textmessage with Signal. And sometimes I take a photo. I never got into this smartphone hype. I initially bought a smartphone because I need it for my banking account and I hate them for that.
Although it's custom rom'd and I nearly only use F-Droid apps, I don't trust this effing things. I only use the hotspot with a Wireguard VPN to my home, but most of the time it's only laying around. If I want to post something on my capsule, write an email or make a Mastodon/Activitypub post I use my laptop.
All in all - Have fun!
-fab-
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