minimal viable laptop apps-the minimum I need to survive any given day.
browser (minimal, blocking ads, blocking all social media) mail/calendar (often in browser) rss reader, for creative procrastination sync service-dropbox or equivalent writing/notes/serendipity-obsidian or other text editor that I can make notes/write in. Plaintext for plain writing. poetry formatting-libreoffice or equivalent vpn-for privacy Comms (signal, messages, etc), but NOT always on. Be willing to be out of contact.
And that’s it. What else do you need?
Live in text.