Computing Systems

• Main Desktop Computer
  • MX Linux 23.3 with XFCE Desktop Environment
  • Lenovo Thinkcentre M75q Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE 32GB RAM
• Main Laptop
  • MX Linux 23.3 with XFCE Desktop Environment
  • Lenovo T14 Gen 2 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U 32GB RAM
• Beater Laptop AKA Craptop
  • MX Linux 23.3 with XFCE Desktop Environment
  • Lenovo 14E Chromebook AMD A4-9120C 4GB RAM
  • Flashed new firmware and removed ChromeOS
• Virtual Environment
  • OS: ProxMox VE
  • Devices
    • Lenovo Thinkcentre M710t Core i7-7700 64GB RAM
    • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti - Passed through to Portainer VM
    • SAMSUNG NVMe 970 EVO Plus 500GB - OS, Local LVM
    • Sata Controller - Passed through to Truenas VM
  • Virtual Machines
    • TrueNAS
      • 32GB virtual drive
      • Sata Controller passed from ProxMox Host
        • Toshiba Performance x300 6TB *2 - For main data staorage
        • Intel SSD DC S3520 480GB - For apps
      • Apps
        • Syncthing
    • Portainer System
      • OS: Debian 12
      • 64GB virtual drive
      • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti passed from ProxMox host
      • Apps
        • Heimdall
        • NGINX Proxy Manager
        • Plex Media Center
        • Portainer
    • Home Assistant
      • 32GB virtual drive
      • Add ons
        • File editor
• Portainer in DMZ
  • OS: Debian 12
  • Beelink AP34 Intel N3450 4GB RAM
  • 128GB LVM
    • 64GB eMMC Storage
    • 64GB SATA M.2 Storage
  • Apps
    • Nextcloud
• Router
  • PFSense CE
  • Lenovo Thincentre M73 AMD A4-9120C 8GB RAM
  • Added additional NIC
• Main Phone
  • Android 14
  • Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra - 8GB RAM 256GB Storage
• Backup Phone
  • Android 11
  • OnePlus 5T 8 GB RAM 128 GB Storage

Software

Android

• FDroid apps
  • Aegis - 2FA codes
  • AntennaPod - Podcast app
  • DAVx5 - Calendar and Contacts sync
  • Droidify - App store - Nicer interface than FDroid
  • FlorisBoard - Keyboard
  • Hacker's Keyboard - Keyboard with more features for Termux and text editing
  • Jerboa - Lemmy client
  • Lawnchair - Launcher
  • Simple Calendar - Calender app
  • Syncthing - File sync between phone and computers
  • Termux - Terminal
  • Tusky - Mastodon client
• Play store apps
  • Bitwarden - Password Manager
  • Fastmail - Email client
  • Firefox - Browser
    • Ublock Origin - Ad blocker extension
  • Obsidian - Notes
  • Signal - Secure Messaging

Debian 12 Bookworm - Servers

• I switched to MX Linux for Desktop and Laptop recently after dealing with some annoying Gnome Bugs. I initially just tried XFCE on Debian but it did not have the polish and finish that it has on MX Linux.

MX Linux - Desktop and Laptops

• Flatpaks
  • Discord - Chat
  • Flatseal - Flatpak Permissions Manager
  • Minecraft - Fun
  • Obsidian - Notes
• Deb Packages
  • Firefox
    • Ublock Origin - Ad blocker extension
    • Bitwarden - Password manager
  • Remmina - RDP client
  • Rsync - Backup files to NAS
  • Syncthing - File sync to other devices
  • VIM - Text editor