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I know #Android sucks in a lot of ways, but I'm tempted to get a #BOOX device as my next laptop, using Termux as my CLI.

Just get a 10" eink tablet and pair it with a BT keyboard or something. Because I don't see too many e-ink laptops out there, except for incredibly expensive ones.

Using #eInk for a laptop would be a fun exploration in minimalism, particularly if monochrome.

#Android #eink #boox
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I suppose the Pinenote would be about the same price but comes with full-on Linux?
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R.L. Dane 🍵
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That was the first thing I looked at, but from the description, it's very much a device meant for embedded devs right now, and not really even a hobbyist product yet (and might never be).
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would be interested in hearing @shom 's take. From his videos it seemed it would certainly be good enough to run a Termux session.
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R.L. Dane 🍵
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Honestly, if all I got out of it was neovim, bash, and syncthing, that'd be a great deal of what I need a laptop for XD
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I wrote this blog post on the PineNote in Gnome terminal using vim and moved it to my desktop with syncthing. Feel free to checkout the videos in that thread and/or send any questions my way.
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khm
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I'd say that's not really true any more. These days it's a pretty normal Gnome experience.
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R.L. Dane 🍵
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Hmm, Gnome is not what comes to mind when I think of a UI for eInk devices.
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khm
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I'm firmly of the opnion that e-ink is just another display and doesn't need a radical design shift to use. They have some minor tweaks to the gnome shell but for the most part it works fine. the onscreen keyboard isn't great, but I just pair a bluetooth thing to it when I need to type.
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R.L. Dane 🍵
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Wow, that's so clean!! Kinda tempted!!

Do you have any control over the refresh mode? Can you, for example, set the display to dithered monochrome so that it does not require any full-screen refreshes? (basically the fastest refresh mode on the BOOX devices)

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khm
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yeah that 'G:4' thing in the top bar is a dropdown menu where you can select different modes.

it's probably not as swanky as the BOOX thing but at least there's no years-long willful GPL violation

I have a lot of pine64 products (they're cheap) and they all mostly suck (they're cheap) but the pine note is the one I'd keep if I had to choose

GPL issues - MobileRead Forums

GPL issues Onyx Boox
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R.L. Dane 🍵
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That's a resounding endorsement in the ears of this nerd! 🤣
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R.L. Dane 🍵
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no years-long willful GPL violation


Ugh, forget ever buying their devices, ever. 🙁

#Onyx #BOOX

#onyx #boox
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khm
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it's the primary reason I never have. the secondary reason is android.
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tripplehelix
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Android devices are just starting to get a full Debian terminal built in. Currently limited to Pixels.
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R.L. Dane 🍵
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I've seen that, but I'm not clear on what the advantage is over Termux. Termux has a pretty nice almost fully-featured Linux environment.
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tripplehelix
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probably greater package selection, integration in the system... hopefully a little more access to the file system.
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Jonathan Lamothe
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@R.L. Dane 🍵 I do a surprising amount of computing via Android devices. I just use Termux to SSH into a real computer.
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R.L. Dane 🍵
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What is it that you can't get from the termux environment? Is it just a matter of storage or CPU power?
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@R.L. Dane 🍵 All of the above. I used to use a laptop, but these days its battery doesn't hold out so well, so I just leave it plugged in on my desk and connect remotely from whatever device is close at hand.

Edit: As an added bonus, my tablet/phone is a lot lighter.

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