Hardware

Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E520 15", Intel Core i5 2.3 GHz with 8GB RAM and a 50GB hard drive. Video and sound are Intel integrated.

For pointing device, I use the built-in TrackPoint, and a Logitech TrackMan Wheel (USB), and my keyboard is a Kinesis Advantage contour keyboard plus a triple action programmable footswitch

Software

Some major (for some value of “major”) apps/programs that I regularly use (in no particular order)

• Desktop
• xmonad - window manager
• emacs - text editing, news reading
• Evolution - mail reader, calendar
• Firefox - web browser
• Epiphany - web browser
• Chromium - web browser
• Midori - web browser
• Quod Libet - music player
• Gajim - instant messaging

The name

Desiato Hotblack is a rock singer in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy.