Tools as of July 2026
New year, new update of the used programmes, applications, and tools.
Previous version here
In bold, I have marked the updates:
- 📨 eMail Service: Fastmail (checking out Infomaniak)
- 📮 eMail Client: Fastmail and Thunderbird
- 📝 Notes: back to Google Keep :(
- 📆 Calendar: Fastmail (checking out Infomaniak)
- 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Fastmail (checking out Infomaniak)
- 📖 RSS Service: Miniflux
- 🗞️ RSS Client: Miniflux
- ☁️ Cloud storage: Infomaniak kDrive and Fastmail WebDAV
- 🌅 Photo library: plain backups
- 🌐 Web Browser: Firefox, Vivaldi
- 💬 Chat: WhatsApp, Signal
- 🔖 Bookmarks: Firefox
- 📚 Reading: physical books mainly, and when convenient Kindle Paperwhite
- 💰 Personal Finance: an Excel file
- 🎵 Music: Spotify Free plan, trying to get back to local music, sometimes the Metrolist app
- 🎤 Podcasts: AntennaPod (Android)
- 🔐 Password Management: Bitwarden (with a brief stay with Keepass and Syncthing)
- 🤦♂️ Social Media: Mastodon
- 🔎 Search: DuckDuckGo and Ecosia
- 🧮 Code Editor: Zed
- 📱 Phone Operating System: Android 14
- ⌨️ Launcher: Octopi Launcher (Android)
- 💻 PC Operating System: Kubuntu 26.04 and Windows 11
And, to write:
- Ballpoint: a Lamy or a Leuchtturm 1917
- Fountain pen: multiple Lamy Safari, a Kaweco Sport
- Pencil: a random Pilot mechanical pencil, and a Leuchtturm 1917
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