My default "apps". (Most of these are programs on my desktop computer—I try to avoid as many mobile apps as I can. See Good Smartphone.)
- 📨 Mail Client: Thunderbird (and sometimes Vivaldi)
- 📮 Mail Server: Migadu (and sometimes Proton)
- 📝 Notes: ghostwriter (and sometimes Obsidian or whatever else is handy, though always formatted with markdown)
- ✅ To-Do: a markdown file
- 📷 Phone Photo Shooting: Samsung Camera (the "pro" mode is surprisingly robust, though I still try to use a film camera as often as I can)
- 🟦 Photo Management: a series of dated folders
- 📆 Calendar: Thunderbird (and sometimes Vivaldi)
- 📁 Cloud File Storage: Syncthing
- 📖 RSS: Miniflux
- 🙍🏻♂️ Contacts: Thunderbird
- 🌐 Browser: Vivaldi
- 💬 Chat: Signal, Element, IRC, Messages
- 🔖 Bookmarks: linkhut (or just a markdown file)
- 📑 Read It Later: Instapaper (or just a markdown file)
- 📜 Word Processing: see "Notes" above
- 📈 Spreadsheets: see "Notes" above
- 📊 Presentations: see "Notes" above
- 🛒 Shopping Lists: jtx Board
- 🍴 Meal Planning: ohsopeasy.com
- 💰 Budgeting and Personal Finance: a markdown file
- 📰 News: see "RSS" above (though I don't check that category often)
- 🎵 Music: VLC (but on the hunt for something more specific)
- 🎤 Podcasts: Pocket Casts
- 🔐 Password Management: ProtonPass
Also see Uses.
Last updated on Tue Jan 06 2026
- Name: Cobb
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A writer, programmer, and game designer currently dwelling in the foothills of Appalachia.