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Ask HN: What is your personal computer setup?

4 points by fakeer 14y ago

Mac, Linux, Windows or anything else. Software: The apps you use and(maybe) mention what purpose you use it for and in what way use it. Any scripts(or some OS settings) that you use a lot and in a generic way to make life on your computer(and even outside of it) easier. Or anything else you feel like sharing, sth that helps others. Hardware: What hardware you use other than the laptop, CPU etc. Something like external hard disk or maybe speakers. Components like a time capsule etc.

dylangs1030 14y ago
Hardware: MacBook Pro, 2011, 4 GB RAM, 250 GB HDD. Operating System: Dual Boot Mac OS X Mountain Lion & Ubuntu Linux 12.10 Software (by purpose): OS X: BBEdit, Emacs, WebStorm, Microsoft Office 2011, Adobe CS6, WriteRoom, MarsEdit, Chrome, Firefox. Linux: Emacs, Eclipse, LibreOffice, Gimp, --, Chrome, Firefox. Languages used for development: JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Lisp (Clojure, Common Lisp), C++. Meaning to study Java, not motivated enough to yet.
aespinoza 14y ago
Hardware: HP Envy 17/Intel i7/16 GB Ram/250 GB SSD & 1 TB OS: Windows 8/elementaryos Luna Software: Emacs, Visual Studio 2012, IntelliJ IDEA 12, MongDB, Postgresql, Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera and Safari. Languages used for Development: C#, Java, Javascript, Python, HTML5, C/C++.
bluepanda_ 14y ago
Config 1 (Windows for gaming and Matlab, linux for hacking): Thinkpad X220, i7, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD + 64GB PCIE SSD OS: Dual boot Windows 7 + Arch Linux (with awesome wm) Software: Linux: vim, firefox + vimperator, gimp, Thunderbird, latex Windows: Steam, Matlab Config 2 (iOS dev): Macbook Air, i5, 4GB RAM, 128GB SSD OS: OSX 10.7 Software: Xcode, Chrome, vim, Photoshop, Mail, LibreOffice, latex
fakeer 14y ago
MacBook Air, Mid 2012 - base model with 4GB RAM etc. Mt Lion. Don't feel the need of Linux now. S/W: Text - TextEdit, TextWrangler, Mo, Marked, MacVim(I've realized it works better without all those 'fancy' plug-ins), LyX for LaTex, iAWriter - *I collecetd/bought a lot more than I intended to use. My suggestion to you is pick any simple one and stick to it. You'll never need to look at those religious best text editors lists) Note taking: Notational Velocity, Evernote IDE: IntelliJ Idea, xCode(which keeps breaking after I nuke its iOS and Mac and other libraries/docsets that I don't use) Version Control: Github and SourceTree Comm: Adium, Mail, Telephone, Colloquy, Backup/Sync: CrashPlan, Dropbox, Arq(to Glacier; for everything else Cyberduck was great) Share: CloudApp, YoruFukurou(best/lightweight Mac twitter client) Office: LibreOffice Browser: Firefox for everything (except Chrome to stream online videos without Flash) Video: MPlayerX, VLC(someimtes) Music: iTunes(I wish it could sync my Andorid, will ditch if I get a real good alternative that does so) Other tools: Jumpcut for clipboard, iTerm and Go2Shell for easy terminal access, Keka for file (de)compression, NetNewsWire for feeds, Skype(unfortunately), Transission & µTorrent both etc.
logn 14y ago
Macbook Air 11 inch (Mid 2011, refurbished, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD, 1.6 GHz Core i5), OS X, Aptana Studio 3, Eclipse, Text Wrangler, Vim, Brew, Libre Office, Firefox, Sophos Anti-Virus, Google Music/Pandora/Spotify, POSIXplorer. Primary language: JavaScript (SilkJS app server, Riak database)