What I use (12025 HE)
Hardware
Server/Desktop
- 5 years on, selfbuilt AMD Ryzen desktop with a 4070 GPU, 28 TB of SSD storage, 10Gb Ethernet
- 2x 4k OLED LG TVs as monitors, one 65" and one 48" (one freestanding, one on desk)
- Dell Keyboard KB700, Logitech MX Master, XBOX Pro Controller
Additional Clients
- ASUS Notebook with OLED screen (quickly bought for travel, has a variety of uses nowadays)
- Old Surface Pro powering an old 1080p 55" OLED monitor to access media in the bedroom
Phone
- Pixel 10 Pro (mostly due to Qi2, hopefully Fairphone being 'my next')
Home automation
- Netatmo sensors for Air Quality, Temperature etc
- Tapo cameras for livefeeds of personal stuff (birds, turtles, 3d printer)
- Philips Hue lights for.. lighting
- IKEA Air filters
- Experimentation with own ESP8266 sensors
Other Devices
- BambuLab A1 min with AMS Lite
- DJI Mini Drone
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Gameboy Color (with new Games in 12025HE!)
- Dyson Pencilvac, iRobot j7+
- Meta Quest 3
Car
- Tesla Model 3 Performance (Highland 12024, 45000km by end of year)
Software
Core Systems & Applications
- Main OS: Windows 10 with extended support (except on the Laptop, it came with Windows 11), but experimenting with Linux (Zorin OS)
- Own Webserver System written in .NET (using YARP and more)
- Office 365 is cancelled, but still active atm. Will move to LibreOffice or similar in the future
- Visual Studio 2026 with all AI features disabled
- Own Application Launcher designed on Windows Phone / Windows 8 UX Design Guidelines (with Livetile support)
Media, Services & Tools
- Youtube Premium, Twitch, Nebula, Patreon
- Magnet Sources
- Own Media Server written in .NET (running on the Webserver System listed above)
- Variety of PWA, written by myself
- Codeberg for Source Control instead of GitHub
- Blacksky for ATproto (Bluesky) Social Media
- Telegram for Messaging
- SvgPathEditor and Paint.NET for image editing and creation
Phone / Android
- Using the Fossify App Suite to replace Google Phone, SMS, Photos etc to remove Cloud-Connections
- FolderSync to sync Photos directly to my WebDAV Server without cloud (written by myself)
- Proton Apps for Mail, Passwords etc
- Switching from SwiftKey to potentially FUTO Keyboard (but trying out a variety atm) due to it's AI and Microsoft Cloud connections
Detailed posts about some of the changes might follow in the future (but given my cadence, no promises will be made)