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Some people call me an Arch & KDE Plasma shill, and I don’t see the problem with that. I use what works for me, and Arch has been great. Sure, there are issues, but none have been deal-breakers for my use case. I’ve tried other distros, but Arch is the one I can easily adapt to and fix when problems arise.
Just wanted to cover these facts before moving on with the Hardware & Software I use…
The Hardware
I do own many, 3 Desktops, 2 Laptops and a Mini PC. Main, NAS, Home-Lab & HTPC. Laptops are unimportant just runs my shop and testing various Distros.
The Beast :
Main rig, the one I do all my Development, Gaming and other things on, which I label as StationXero.
It was recently upgraded to an RX 7800XT and a Ryzen 9 5950X. I now use KDE Wayland on the daily. I am enjoying it so much better now.
Home-Lab/Proxmox Server :
This Mini PC I call XeroLab, as the name implies, is my Home-Lab PC, it runs all my Docker Containers as well as my Proxmox server. It has 32GB RAM after upgrade, with a Ryzen 5 7530U.
That thing is not showing any signs of slowing down. It’s a great little machine. If you want to get one for yourself you can find it here on their Official Site
NAS/Storage :
Another desktop I call XeroNAS, as the name implies, is my NAS PC, it stores all my personal data as well as my Linux ISOs & GOG game installers. It has 8GB RAM with a Ryzen 5 3600X and an old GTX 650 Ti Boost-OC GPU.
That thing is running OpenMediaVault for managing all the storage. I personally love it for its simplicity and ease of use. It ain’t much but it works.
The HTPC :
Finally there’s my HTPC, which has Core-i7 6800K, with a GTX 1080 GPU, and 32GB RAM. Now with it being my HTPC, it has 14 Drives of various sizes totalling ~68TB of storage.
The only app installed on that thing is Plex Server as a Snap.
Laptop :
It is my Lenovo Thinkpad T14 Gen 1 that I use in the office, with 1Tb nVme, a Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U, 16Gb RAM and an iGPU.
I mainly use this thing for testing other Distros and configs. It never stays on the same OS longer than a month or two. I love it, everything I throw at it works without any issues. It will never see Windows mark my words. It’s the most Linux friendly laptop on the market today…
Other systems
Now I do have a few other systems that I don’t use much if at all, just sitting here collecting dust as decorative pieces. An old MacBook Pro from 2016, yeah the one with the faulty butterfly keyboard n thouchbar. I barely use that thing relegated to a shelf somewhere.
Finally I have the awesome SteamDeck, yep I managed to snag one. It’s now my Retro Gaming Console with Batocera running the show. I absolutely love it ! Sadly I no longer have the time to use it, so it’s now sitting behind my monitors teasing me lol ;)
Thanks for reading
That’s it folks. Now you have a better idea of what equipment I use on a daily basis to bring you everything I do. I did not list all the softwares I use coz it’s a long list that varies a lot. Thanks for reading.