Using and Defaults in early 2026

15 Feb, 2026

This is a comparison list with the 2025 edition. At that time I was kickstarting the mission of becoming more aware of the type of digital products and services I used. Now it's time to see how much has changed since then.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with the upgrades/changes I've made (as well as keeping the good stuff I already had, of course)! I've been having a lot of fun using Linux and exploring software. The only true downgrade is the headphone situation, my good one broke and I simply don't have the money to buy something of the same quality atm. I have my eye on a Marshall Major IV or a Porta Pro, I'm not sure yet.

As for the Cloud service, you'll see it's a bit of a mess. I had previously intended to just use Proton Drive but... Guys, it sucks, but I only really noticed that when I already had a few hundred gb of my files there. And then I found out it doesn't even work on Linux! Yeah, so now I have my files scattered on a bunch of clouds because I was testing stuff out and I ended purchasing 1 year of Sync.com... which turned to be a big mistake. I could've sworn it worked on Linux, but I guess I mixed up the info (I was reading about many cloud services at the time).

So yeah, this is the situation now. Not sure if I'll do another list like this in 2027, I don't see a lot more things changing now, but we'll see.

Hardware

• 💻 Main Drive GEEKOM A5 with AMD Ryzen 7, 16GB DDR4, 512GB M.2 + 2tb HDD

  • Then PC Win11: LG Gram 14" Intel® Core™ i5-1035G7 RAM 8.00 GB1

• 🖥️ Monitor Dell Widescreen 21.5" + MNN Portable Monitor 15.6inch FHD

  • Then Just the Dell monitor

• 📹 Webcam Logitech C920s

  • Then same

• 🎙️ Mic Blue Snowball iCE

  • Then same

• 🎮 Handheld Nintendo Switch

  • Then same

• 📟 Tablet Samsung Tab S6 Lite 2020

  • Then same

• 📱 Phone iPhone 13 Mini

  • Then same

• 📕 Ereader Boox Palma

  • Then Kindle Paperwhite

• ⌨️ Keyboard Main: AULA F75; Travel: Logi K380 in sand

  • Then Main: Royal Kludge RK842¹; Travel: same

• 🖱️ Mouse Main: Logi MX3 in pink; Travel: Logi Pebble in white

  • Then Main: same; Travel: same

• 🎶 Headset Main: Edifier WH500; Travel: WAAW 10EWG & Edifier W160T

  • Then Main: Logi Zone Vibe 100²; Travel: same

• 📻 Speaker Main: black HP DHS-2111 wired speakers; Travel: Edifier MP85

  • Then Main: Philips S5505; Travel: same

Software & Apps

General

• 📺 OS Kubuntu 24.04

  • Then Windows 11

• 🌐 Browser Vivaldi. Extensions: Start.me, UBlock, Privacy Badger, Stylus, AdBlock for YT, Enhancer for YT, Reddit Enhancement Suite, Augmented Steam, Proton Pass, Start.me, Raindrop.io, Inoreader, Download Helper.

  • Then Opera GX

• 🗃️ Cloud Storage OneDrive, Sync.com, Mega.nz, Proton Drive³

  • Then: OneDrive

• 📧 Mail Mailspring (Linux), ProtonMail (iOS, Android)

  • Then: ProtonMail, Mailspring (PC), Spark (iOS, Android)

• 💬 Chat Telegram, WhatsApp

  • Then: same

• 📝 Notes Notesnook

  • Then: Notesnook, Telegram, Notion

• ✍️ Blogging Bearblog

  • Then: same

• 🔗 Website Neocities

  • Then: same

• 📖 RSS Reader Inoreader

  • Then: Feedbro, Mire

• 🔖 Bookmarks Start.me, Raindrop.io

  • Then: Listography, Raindrop.io

• 🗂️ E-book Library Manager Calibre

  • Then: Calibre

• 📙 E-book reader BookFusion (everywhere)

  • Then: Moon+ Reader Pro (Android), Aquile Reader (PC)

• ⏯️ Audiobook player Storytel

  • Then: Audible

• 📷 Image editing Photopea

  • Then: same

• 🎧 Music Apple Music, Tauon

  • Then Apple Music, Spotify

• 🔒 Password Manager Proton Pass

  • Then: Bitwarden

Active subscriptions

• ↻ Apple One - monthly (family)
• ↻ Amazon Prime - yearly (family)
• ↻ Bear Blog - yearly (personal)
• ✹ⓧ Proton Unlimited (work/personal)
• ✹ⓧ Sync.com (personal)
• ✹ Dropout.tv - monthly (personal)
• ✹ Notesnook (work/personal)
• ✹ Storytel - monthly (personal)

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