Desktop Operating Systems
Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop – Refined, cutting-edge, customizable, and user friendly.
Arch Linux – Simple, bleeding-edge, and highly customizable.
Server Operating Systems
Ubuntu Server LTS – Stable, 5+ years of security and maintenance updates, user friendly, and supported.
Code/Text Editors
VSCodium – Open-source, telemetry-free, versatile, and highly extensible code editor. 
Sublime Text – Lightweight and extensible code editor.
Zed – Fast, collaborative, and modern code editor.
MarkText – Super simple, open-source markdown editor.
VSCode/Codium Extensions
Auto Time Stamp – Updates timestamp fields automatically when saving documents.
Bash IDE – Language server for Bash with code completion and syntax highlighting.
PowerShell – Enables PowerShell scripting with language support and debugging.
Python – Core Python development with completion, linting, and Jupyter support.
Pylance – Enhances Python with fast IntelliSense, type checking, and auto-imports.
Python Debugger – Adds advanced debugging for Python code execution.
GitHub Copilot – AI-powered coding assistant offering real-time code suggestions and completions.
GitHub Copilot Chat – Enables conversational AI for code explanations, debugging, and task guidance.
Simple Dark – The default theme I use.
IDE’s
JetBrains PyCharm – A robust Python IDE, feature-packed for web and data science development, with extensive plugin support. Offers a free Community edition for personal and open-source use, but collects anonymized usage data.
JetBrains Rider – A powerful .NET & Unity IDE alternative to Visual Studio, feature-rich and extensible, with full NuGet support. Offers a free version for personal and open-source use, but collects anonymized usage data.
Office Suites
OnlyOffice – Latvia-based, privacy-first office suite with no telemetry. GDPR compliant, encrypted, integrates with Nextcloud, etc. Supports docs, spreadsheets, presentations and PDFs. Modern, sleek, and free.
SSH Clients
Tabby – Modern, feature-rich, and highly customizable.
File Transfer
FileZilla Pro – Powerful, feature-rich file transfer client supporting many different protocols, including FTP, S3, Azure Storage, Dropbox and WebDAV.
Web Browsers
Mullvad – Swedish, based on Tor Browser (Mozilla), privacy-focused, no telemetry, and security-first.
Vivaldi – Norwegian, based on Chromium, privacy-focused, minimal telemetry, and highly customizable.
Instant Messaging
Ferdium – Privacy-focused, no telemetry, highly customizable, supporting multiple IM services.
Session – Fully anonymous, E2EE, decentralized messaging.
System Utilities
PrivaZer – Privacy-focused system cleaner with deep scanning, secure file deletion, and registry cleanup. Helps remove traces of online and offline activity. A great alternative to CCleaner, without telemetry, background tracking, or bloat.
Autoruns64 – Lightweight, advanced startup manager from Microsoft Sysinternals, providing detailed control over autostart programs, services, drivers, and scheduled tasks.
PowerToys – Official Microsoft productivity suite with advanced tools for power users, including window management, keyboard remapping, and macOS-style file preview.