24 years old, grad student (mechanical engineering), might be a nerd, depends on who you ask.

why this website.

Always wanted to have my own website\blog where I can share whatever I want, away from social media, I think personal websites should become a thing once again,

hobbies and interests.

In no particular order.

Tinkering with computers.
Gardening.
Reading (it’s been ages since I read a book though, hopefully one day I’ll become the bookworm that I used to be). here are some recommendations.
Camping and outdoor activities.
DIY stuff.
Music, I just love music. here are some recommendations.
Consooming media (movies, anime..etc) here are some recommendations.

my computer life.

I always liked tinkering with computers, usually I’m the guy people come to for help with their computers and phones, recently I installed linux, because I got fed up with windows.
you can find my config files here.

why linux?

Muh minimalism.
Muh customizability.
Muh security.
100% free.
The “community”.
Privacy oriented, no telemetry, no spyware.
No Microsoft bullshit.
No bloat (mostly).
Lightweight, especially when using a potato laptop from 2012.
Education: using linux gives you the chance to learn a lot about computers, that’s why it’s so popular among computer enthusiasts.
thank to linux I’m learning things like C, git, LaTeX, markdown, shell scripting and how a computer (Operating systems) actually works in general, I still have a lot to learn though.

software that I love and use:

I try to use minimal and terminal-based software when possible.

~~artix: basically arch without systemd.~~ friendship ended with Artix, Arch is my friend now.
i3wm: a minimal and highly customizable tiling window manager.
polybar: customizable status bar written in c++.
pywal: generates a color scheme based on your current wallpaper.

alacritty: IMO, the best terminal emulator out there.
vim: amazing text editor, very minimal yet very very powerful.
lf: ncurses file explorer written in go, lightweight and customizable with vim-like key bindings.
lfimg: for file previews in lf.

ncmpcpp: ncurses music player written in c++, lightweight and highly customizable with vim-like key bindings.
mpv: probably the best video player out there, written in c, lightweight and highly customizable with vim-like key bindings.
zathura: minimal document viewer written in c, lightweight and customizable with vim-like key bindings.

keepassxc: cross platform feature-rich local password manager.
thunderbird: mozilla’s email client, I’m planning on moving to mutt.
qbittorent: qt5 cross platform gui torrent client, might switch to something terminal-based.
~~firefox: the best browser out there in my opinion, after you configure it and remove the stuff that you don’t use, add some useful extensions and you’re good to go.~~ Friendship ended with firefox, librewolf is my friend now. from their website: “A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom.”
Newsboat: terminal based RSS reader.
TUIR: terminal baser Reddit browser.

firefox plugins: