From 5ac906f5f127aefc0c500e08d27dc8d76c53c0f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neale Pickett Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 18:12:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] the setup --- setup.mdwn | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+) create mode 100644 setup.mdwn diff --git a/setup.mdwn b/setup.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..240c02f --- /dev/null +++ b/setup.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +Title: The Setup / Neale Pickett + +After reading [Russ Cox's setup](http://russ.cox.usesthis.com/) +I thought it might be interesting to write up my own. + +September 18, 2014 + + +Who are you, and what do you do? +-------------------------------- + +I write software. +Mostly I hack around the periphery of free software projects, +jumping in occasionally to things that interest me with patches. +A partial portfolio is on my [source code page](src/). + +I also do computer security training for middle and high school kids, +college students, and professionals. +You can read about that at [dirtbags](http://dirtbags.net/). + +My hobbies include being a (laid back) disc jockey, +and fiddling around with microcontrollers. + + +Hardware +-------- + +I've decided to be very energy conscious. +This means my hardware is low-power and not high-performance. + +At home, I have a Thinkpad X200. +My wife uses a Chromebook, and we have a FitPC that gets turned on +when we need to print on our HP LaserJet CM2320. +My pre-teen daughter has a Nexus 7 tablet, +and my wife and I both use Nexus 4 phones. +We also have a Chromecast that's mostly used for Netflix, +and a Wii. + +At work, I use an Intel NUC. + + +Software +-------- + +I recently switched to Xubuntu from Arch Linux. +I'm not sure I'll stay here, but I got tired of maintaining my one-off +/sbin/init that uses runit. +Linux distributions are all heading toward systemd, +which I strongly dislike. But I figure it's time to catch up +and abandon understanding how the computer boots. + +On the desktop, I run Google Chrome, xterm, and acme from plan9port. +Occasionally I kick up inkscape or gimp, and mixxx for my DJ work. +Most of my non-work computer use is through Chrome, which ties me strongly +to Linux, for better or worse. + +My non-development stuff is almost entirely in the cloud. +It's very frustrating to have to go to work where people are still emailing +Excel spreadsheets and hand-merging edits. + +My FitPC print server runs Ubuntu and some kind of Chromium Cloud Print server thing. +All my home printing is through Google Cloud Print. + + +What would be your dream setup? +------------------------------- + +A Chromebook that had Acme and my development tools. +I really like how my wife's Chromebook updates itself, +and how it doesn't need dozens of mystifying apps in the default menu. + +Some day I may figure out how to get Chrome to expose its window manager, +and then I'll probably abandon all of XFCE4, +since I don't really use it for anything other than kicking up Chrome +and acme. + +I would also like to do away with the FitPC print server. +I'd love to be able to buy a little box that will hop on our wireless network +and connect our printer to Google Cloud Print.