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Hello and welcome to my personal website! For the most part this website is mostly about my programming work I have done, you can find all my coding projects on the projects page. I do a weekly news artical called the weekly byte where I do a Linux distro of the week and some software and hardware suggestions, also the odd bit of news. But that is mostly it for this website have a look around and see what you like!
Also quick note this website is still being made so please be patiant
About
Hello there! I am Shipwreckt, a 15-year-old dude who lives in the UK. I would describe myself as an outgoing person, and I enjoy talking to people even if I do not know them well.
I have enjoyed programming for a number of years now, ever since early 2022, but I only really delved into programming fully in late 2023, when I fully switched from Windows to Linux. The reason why I made the switch was because even though I can see Windows is not all that great, I wanted to challenge myself and also give myself a reason to program again, so I switched over to Linux, and it has been amazing. It has given me the freedom to be creative with my desktop and config files. But I am currently learning the C programming language, and I am planning on making some more programs, so keep your eyes peeled for when I do!
Hardware
I am daily driving a ThinkPad L440 made in 2013, its keyboard feels like heaven, definitely the best keyboard I have ever used my hands just glide over it. It is durable as hell, I have dropped this thing a few times no dents or scratches, I know it has a roll cage in it so this laptop will last me forever. I have 8GB of RAM in this laptop which I will upgrade at some point and im using a I5-4200M CPU. Overall it is an amazing laptop and I believe I can use this laptop for the rest of my life.
Software
Linux distro
I use arch, mainly because I am making my own work environment and I can pick what
applications I want to install instead of some linux distro that does it for me, the
beauty of Arch Linux is that you're held responsible nothing happens unless you let it
happen. There is a learning curve but when you break it, it is more than worth it for
the amount of freedom you get from Arch.
Web browser
For my web browser is librewolf the only browser that
really cares about your privacy, whilst yes it is annoying being logged out of everything
each time I close it, small sacrifices need to be made for privacy and this is why password managers
exist I just log on in a matter of seconds. I don't use many extensions but the ones I do use are
ublock ,
KeePassXC ,
Dark reader.
IDE
My IDE is Vim, it is a good all around program to use, it is fast to work with and is very
customizable which I love personally, I would recommend vim for anybody who wants a
terminal based text editor and to anybody who wants to get into programming or anybody
who is programming currently.
Password manager
I use KeePassXC for managing my passwords, I
used to use bitwarden but after a while I just thought I did not want my passwords in
somebody else's server so I switched to KeePassXC because it is offline, I use syncthing
to sync all my passwords from my laptop to my phone.
Status bar
Polybar
is the software that I use for my status bar because it is very customizable and it has all
the features I look for in a status bar, it it also has a clean and modern look by
deafult. Sometimes I just mess around with my polybar and see what looks the best.
App launcher
I use rofi for my app launcher because
it is customizable and easy to use, it also comes with a bunch of default options which
I sometimes use as a template for my rofi configs.
Xorg or Wayland?
I like Wayland; it is smooth and modern. But I do not think it is fully there yet, so for
now I am staaying with Xorg, because it just works and I have no issues with it. In the future,
in about a year, I will switch to Wayland because it is more modern, but for now, Xorg is my go-to.
Projects!
Below is a list of my projects, have a look around!