I work and live with Windows and Android, having preference for their freedom and diversity (along with complexity and chaos). I have tried and am trying many hardware and software products, and here are the main tools I am using daily.
HONOR MagicBook Art 14 2025: Ultra-slim with 1kg and 1cm.
Desktop computer: (Photo)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
Motherboard: Gigabyte B850M Force WiFi6E
Storage: SIX X7400 NVMe M.2 SSD 512GB
Case: Jonsbo Z20 Micro-ATX.
NiZ-X87: Electrostatic capacitive keyboard with a lightweight 30gf actuation force.
Logitech MX Master 3S: Ergonomic mouse with fast electromagnetic scrolling.
iReader Ocean5 Pro: Fast-refresh e-reader. Used for reading WeRead and EinkBro.
Win11Debloat: A lightweight PowerShell script that removes pre-installed apps, disable telemetry, and perform various other changes to declutter and customize Windows.
UniGetUI: GUI for the most common CLI package managers on Windows 11, including WinGet, Scoop, Snap, Chocolatey, etc.
Traffic Monitor: Network speed, CPU, and RAM usage monitor with a taskbar widget.
HWiNFO64: Professional System Information and Diagnostics, used for monitoring hardware status and temperatures.
Affinity: Alternatives to Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.
AxMath: Mathematical equation editor for Windows, an alternative to MathType, used with Affinity for drawing mathematical diagrams. (Paid software)
Kdenlive: Lightweight and open-source video editing software, alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro.
FastStone Image Viewer + FastStone Capture: Fast image browsing (including PSD and PDF); full-featured screen capture (Paid software).
Typora: Markdown editor with real-time preview. (Paid software)
OneDrive: Cloud storage integrated well with Windows. Super affordable through Microsoft 365 Family plan on Taobao. (Paid service)
Zotero: Research paper manager. Paper libraries can be stored in cloud storage such as OneDrive via plugin ZotMoov.
7-Zip: Open-source file compression tool.
MiKTeX + VS Code (with extensions LaTeX Workshop, LTeX+, One Dark Pro, and Material Icon Theme): LaTeX writing environment.
Oh My Posh: Prompt engine displaying dynamic information in your terminal, such as folder paths, Git status, system resources, and coding language versions.
Calibre: Full-featured e-book management software. Its e-book libraries can be stored in cloud storage.
Dark Reader: Dark mode for websites.
Material Icons for GitHub: Replace GitHub's default icons with icons from the Material Icon Theme.
Google Scholar Author Highlighter: Display Google Scholar profile with a view of authorship.