my setup
Decided to do one of these because everyone does one of these.

My entire setup is managed with GNU stow, making it easier
to replicate on fresh installations. You can find my
configuration files on GitHub.
I run Void Linux (glibc) on my
HP Envy 13" (2018).
To keep things simple, I run a raw X session with 2bwm as my
window manager, along with dunst (notification daemon) and
Sam's compton
(compositor) fork.
I am a fan of GNU tools, so I use bash as my shell, and
coreutils to manage files, archives, strings, paths etc. I
edit files with vim, chat with weechat, listen to music
with cmus, monitor processes with htop, manage sessions
with tmux, read pdfs in zathura. I rarely ever leave
the comfort of my terminal emulator, urxvt.
Most of my academic typesetting is done with TeX, and
compiled with xelatex. Other fun documents are made with
GIMP :).