Setup

A short breakdown of what I use in my life and work.

I have a variety of hardware in setup. All run open software/operating systems if possible. My laptop is running Fedora Linux since 2021, though it can be booted into Windows off a second hard drive if necessary. My Pixel 3a is running Lineage OS and my Kobo is running koreader. I run Rockbox on my iPod, with custom themes developed by myself like adwaitapod and themify.

I have a largely salvaged/donated audio setup I put together from folks who were throwing stuff out. My amplifier is a second-hand purchase on ebay, the same with my iPod. My iPod is modified with larger, flash based storage, a bigger battery and a haptic feedback motor in place of the piezo speaker. My music collection is a mixture of CDs and digital downloads from Bandcamp or ripped albums.

The Sony alpha 6000 is my main camera used for photography. I picked this mainly for it’s mirrorless, lightweight build. It has many features I’ve taken advantage of over the years, like it’s remote control app which is fantastic for long exposures with a tripod. I never shoot in RAW, only basic file formats as I don’t massively edit the complete photos in a conventional way, which you can read more about in my Trichrome post.

My second camera is a Sony DSC-S85 from 2001 which I got second-hand on ebay. It’s a capable camera, and produces surprisingly good shots for it’s age. It also has some nice features, like a small reflective LCD that shows settings when you turn off the main LCD. It also has a GIF shooting mode which is coo lto mess around with. You can see some of the shots taken with it in the Digicam Gallery.

I use a wide range of software in my day to day, this here is only a small selection of my toolbox.