Laptop
My laptop is a ThinkPad T495 with a Ryzen 5 and 16GB of RAM that I got off Ebay for $150. I run OpenBSD 7.8 on it. For the most part I just stick to the programs in base with the following exceptions:
~$ pkg_info -m | grep -v \\-firmware
ImageMagick-6.9.13.26p0 image processing tools
entr-5.7 run arbitrary commands when files change
got-0.120 game of trees version control system
lowdown-2.0.2 simple markdown translator
mblaze-1.3p0 set of Maildir utilities
mpv-0.40.0 movie player based on MPlayer/mplayer2
mupdf-1.26.10 graphic library, pdf parser, viewer and utilities
nsxiv-33 neo simple X Image Viewer
quirks-7.147 exceptions to pkg_add rules
sfeed-2.2 RSS/Atom newsreader and formatting programs
ungoogled-chromium-141.0.7390.54 Chromium browser sans integration with Google
And some programs that are not yet packaged:
Cell Phone
I use a Google Pixel 8a that I paid $400 for during a Black Friday sale. On it I run GrapheneOS along with the following apps:
- Web Browser: Brave
Has built-in ad blocking (my block list) and supports swipe gestures to go both forward and backward in history, Firefox and Chromite could only go backward. - App Store: Obtainium
F-Droid lacks many popular apps like Brave, WireGuard, Firefox, and Signal. - Maps: Organic Maps
I like that it is offline but you don’t get live traffic updates or detours. - Media Player: VLC
- Messaging: Quik
The default SMS app didn’t have the ability to search messages. - Terminal Emulator: Termux
- Text Editor: Textpad
- VPN: WireGuard