The printer makes the use case obvious: you show up at the client's location. Do some terminal magic and print the invoice.
Genius :)
DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
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Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
take a look at NexDock - laptop form factor, without the innards. just a keyboard, trackpad, screen, and battery waiting to connect to a phone, server rack, pi, or what have you.
I second this, have one of the Touch models - the build quality is great. Yes it works with my Samsung on which I have Ubuntu via VNC running on the phone. But also and more useful for me is it has HDMI in and USB out for keyboard and mouse, works perfectly for when you need a kvm setup. did I say the build quality is great?...
Only downside is the piece of junk trackpad that registers registering itself as a mouse and not a trackpad...resulting in no palm-rejection and crappy gesture functionality.
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#113The flat design would seem to make this even less ergonomic than a laptop (an already low bar). Is this meant to be placed on a desk? The user would basically have to hang their head down to look at the display, which is just in front of their fingers. There is no possible way to maintain a healthy posture without an external display. Otherwise, the retro hardware aesthetic is cool. Reminds me a bit of the early brie…
I find it hard to buy into this popular notion that the head isn't designed to look downwards: People have been reading books like this for thousands of years. This version of ergonomics that implies "your neck is going to snap off if you look down" is suspect to me.
> People have been reading books like this for thousands of years
This does not make it healthy.
Besides, it's wrong: very few people had access to books for "thousands of years" and almost always they were kept on a reading stand, both due to the weight and to keep them safe and clean.
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
Given OSHA's recommendations on setting up a computer workstation, I think perhaps you need a new physical therapist: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/computerworkstations/index....
As it literally says in that text you linked, not every posture works for everyone. I did not claim that a laptop leads to the best situation for ergonomics, I just wanted to debunk the "there's no way using a laptop could ever be healthy" claim which both a professional I know as well as my own experience don't agree with. It can be healthy, though admittedly most people don't do it right. I'm glad I listened to his…
> I just wanted to debunk
> a professional I know
Please provide proper sources, not random hearsay.
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#115The flat design would seem to make this even less ergonomic than a laptop (an already low bar). Is this meant to be placed on a desk? The user would basically have to hang their head down to look at the display, which is just in front of their fingers. There is no possible way to maintain a healthy posture without an external display. Otherwise, the retro hardware aesthetic is cool. Reminds me a bit of the early brie…
I find it hard to buy into this popular notion that the head isn't designed to look downwards: People have been reading books like this for thousands of years. This version of ergonomics that implies "your neck is going to snap off if you look down" is suspect to me.
A simple google image search for "reading book" shows that people read at different angles, from in front of the face, to 45 degrees and indeed straight down on the table, or in the lap.
But unlike with this, we can easily shift position and angle with our books.
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#116This looks fantastic. Utterly useless, but fantastic.
Yea ... I dunno. This feels like e-waste before it even ships. I hope people who order this actually use them and make cool things.
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#117The flat design would seem to make this even less ergonomic than a laptop (an already low bar). Is this meant to be placed on a desk? The user would basically have to hang their head down to look at the display, which is just in front of their fingers. There is no possible way to maintain a healthy posture without an external display. Otherwise, the retro hardware aesthetic is cool. Reminds me a bit of the early brie…
I think it's meant to be reminiscent of the TRS 80 100. Even so, I agree: being entirely flat will cause many stiff necks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_100
Also mind the various siblings of the TRS-80 Model 100, the NEC PC-8201(A), the Olivetti M-10, and the Kyotronic 85, which share the same basic design (by Kyocera).
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#118A portable with a mech keyboard is what I've been wanting for years.
Are there other options btw?
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#119Earlier quoted context omitted.
That keyboard is just an awful use of space. I would love to buy something in this form factor with a decent keyboard.
My old Kindle was perfect for this, small thumb-keyboard, great e-ink screen, amenable to homebrew. Then an ex lost it reading Fifty Shades in an airport, and you can't buy them any more. I'm saving up for a Remarkable.
Remarkable doesn't have a thumb keyboard, you can still get them on ebay
Re: DevTerm - An Open Source Portable Terminal for Every Dev
#120I don't have much faith in preorders from small hardware vendors, so I'll pass. In truth, if I wanted to do recreational programming I'd put Temple OS on a T60.