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+<h1>About Technology</h1>
+<p>
+	This article is about the technology that I use, both in software and in hardware.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Computer Hardware</h2>
+<p>
+	I personally use a thinkpad X200 which is librebooted and a thinkpad X230, which has
+	the default vendor BIOS. I use old thinkpads because:
+</p>
+<ul>
+	<li>They are reliable and well built.</li>
+	<li>They were made to be repaired, unlike other modern hardware.</li>
+	<li>They are affordable.</li>
+	<li>They have a nice keyboard (at least the X200 does) and they have the red dot (which is better than a mouse in many cases).</li>
+	<li>They are upgradable to a large extent.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+	Also, the feeling of using a thinkpad is just quite nice. There is no real other way to
+	describe it, you just have to try it yourself.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Antiphone</h3>
+<p>
+	I don't have a phone. Actually, that is a lie. I do have one, but almost never use it.
+	They are not useful to me and I don't use conventional social media so I have no need
+	for them. Computers are much better at making software and articles, and also computers
+	can more easily run open source software (not that it matters inherently but to me
+	most open source software is just better because I can basically do what I want with
+	my computer). It doesn't feel like you own a phone when you buy one; someone else owns
+	the phone, and you buy the rights to use it. With most computers, the general feeling
+	is that you own it.
+</p>
+
+<h2>Software</h2>
+<p>
+	I try to use minimal software where I can. The general philosophy is one of the UNIX
+	philosophy; you have simple components and you make them do complex things via piping
+	and whatnot.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Operating systems</h3>
+<p>
+	I would consider using and have used these operating systems:
+</p>
+<ul>
+	<li>Void gnu/linux -- it's quite minimal and has a good package manager.</li>
+	<li>Arch gnu/linux -- the same as void, except a little less minimal.</li>
+	<li>Trisquel gnu/linux -- an operating system that is actually 100% free software. I run this currently on my X200.</li>
+	<li>OpenBSD -- The operating system I run on my X230 currently. Does things correct for the most part and more UNIX.</li>
+	<li>9front -- Yes, I've actually run this before for a little bit. Really liked it, but no modern web browser. Would run again though.</li>
+</ul>
+<p>
+	I would recommend all of these to try out. They all have their unique upsides and downsides, though you could probably
+	get all linux distros to work in almost the same way if you wanted to. If you're looking for something new (and better
+	designed than linux in my opinion) you could try OpenBSD and 9front.
+</p>
+
+<h4>Systemd</h4>
+<p>
+	It doesn't actually matter if your distro uses it or not.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Userland</h3>
+<p>
+	I tend to use <a href="https://suckless.org">suckless</a> userland programs because they tend to follow the UNIX
+	philosophy and their software is just better than the competition. For example, dwm can do swallowing, and I
+	have not encountered any other window manager that will do that natively (you might need a program to do it for
+	you). The st terminal supports everything as long as you add patches, but even if you don't, it's still better
+	than most other terminal emulators that want to do too much. The dmenu program is just good because you can
+	make custom scripts and that increases the usability of your computer like five-fold.
+</p>
+<p>
+	Also see their rocks/ page for most of the software that I use. You can also see
+	<a href="/projects/dotfiles.html">my dotfiles</a> for the software that I use.
+</p>
+<p>
+	For OpenBSD, I mostly use cwm with the defaults and most of the same programs I use for gnu/linux. For 9front,
+	I use the base system mostly (obviously).
+</p>
+
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