# progression of personal software use # preferred software from the past (left) to the present (right) * bash [dash](http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/) * dropbox [sshfs](http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html) * fedora ubuntu [archlinux](https://www.archlinux.org/) * gedit vim emacs * gnome openbox awesomewm xmonad [dwm](http://dwm.suckless.org/) * javascript coffeescript * lighttp apache [nginx](http://nginx.org/en/docs/) * mp3 vorbis [flac](https://www.xiph.org/flac) wav/[au](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Au_file_format) * nautilus pcmanfm thunar * paredit-mode smartparens-mode * qwertz qwerty dvorak [qgmlwb](http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?full_optimization) * ruby coffeescript/[scheme](http://www.r6rs.org/final/html/r6rs/r6rs-Z-H-2.html#node_toc_start) * svn [git](http://git-scm.com/) * systemv upstart [systemd](http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd) * truecrypt [luks](http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/) * org-mode indent-tree/markdown * winamp foobar rhythmbox mpc [mpd](http://www.musicpd.org/)/[ncmpc](http://www.musicpd.org/clients/ncmpc) * xen [kvm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine) # why i switched my keyboard layout from dvorak to qgmlwb i found dvorak to be too right-hand prioritized, bruised my right ankle in an unrelated accident, and the effect got more pronounced until i had enough. dvorak did not do as good in rolling over keys as qgmlwb, and seemed to cap typing speed. qgmlwb is apparently more similar to colemak, which is by default installed on more systems. transitioning between keyboard layouts is kind of painful because of the concious effort required to reorganize muscle memory. it took me about three weeks to be comfortable enough. i have not felt the need to switch to another layout again since the switch eight years ago in 2015,