Tech I use for work and daily survival

Remember I'm a lawyer, not a technologist or creative. I crave certainty, privacy, and security. My uses.tech setup.

Hardware

Main device: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon

Display: ASUS TUF Gaming VG289Q1A 4K Gaming Monitor 28 inch

Keyboard: Logitech MX Keys S Wireless

Mouse: Logitech Pebble Mouse 2

Webcam: Logitech Brio 500

eReader: Pocketbook Verse Pro Color

Watch: Garmin Instinct® 2 Solar Tactical

Phone: Google Pixel 6 Pro

Earbuds: JBL Live Pro 2

Headphones: soundcore Q45

Speakers: JBL Clip 5

Camera: Ricoh GR IIIx

Console: Playstation 5 (Digital only)

Software

Distro: Fedora Workstation / Kali / Tails.

Browser: Firefox.

Browser extensions: Firefox Multi-Account Containers, Mullvad Browser Extension, Print Friendly & PDF, Proton Pass, Proton VPN, Shut Up: Comment Blocker, SimpleLogin, SingleFile, Standard Notes Clipper, uBlock Origin, Wallabagger.

AppImages: Ente Photos, Nextcloud, Standard Notes, Tuta, Wire

Flatpaks: BleachBit, calibre, Dialect, Dino, Discord, Ente Auth, File Shredder, Flatseal, Foliate, Fractal, Ignition, Libreoffice, LocalSend, Mission Center, MusicBrainz Picard, Mullvad Browser, Obfuscate, OnionShare, ONLYOFFICE, Organic Maps, Paper Clip, PDF Arranger, Portal for Teams, Reco, Refine, Remmina, Signal, Thincast Remote Desktop Client, Thunderbird, Tor Browser Launcher, Tuba, Video Trimmer, VLC, Warehouse.

The rest: , espanso, fish shell, Gnome Tweaks, mpv, Mullvad VPN, NextDNS, Starship, Virtualbox, yt-dlp.

Phone apps: ente Photos, Image Toolbox, KOReader, Lawnchair, LocalSend, Miniflutt, Mullvad VPN, MuPDF viewer, Nextcloud, Organic Maps, Obtainium, Pocket Casts, Pocketbook, Poweramp, Proton Calendar, Proton Drive, Proton Mail, Signal, Standard Notes, TOR Browser, Tuta, wallabag.

Services

Ente - Photos

Mullvad - VPN

NextDNS — Manage my own DNS.

omg.lol — Alternative profile page.

Portknox - Nextcloud provider.

Proton — Calendar, email, files & VPN.

Simplelogin — Email.

Standard Notes — Blog & Notes.