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Re: Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux

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Post by larodi » Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 10:02 AM UTC

shaky-carrousel wrote: post #44

ablob wrote: post #19

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I'd wager that the whole modus operandi for desktop environments is not made with e-ink in mind. E-ink fits in a situation where only a few updates are ever required, and completely breaks down for anything requiring higher framerates. The market might just not be big enough to warrant creating a product.

But it was. 90s laptops had a refresh rate comparable to e-ink. That's why the windows mouse cursor can be configured to leave a trace.

well mine still does leave a trace, because you know - remote desktop glitters now and then, and particularly if you happen to self-host. also with multi-monitors and heavy window use it makes sense to have trails, than not to.

so the old is not so old, and the new is not dramatically new.

Re: Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux

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Post by iamflimflam1 » Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 6:41 PM UTC

ChuckMcM wrote: post #94

iamflimflam1 wrote: post #56

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CrowdSupply is great - I ran a successful project through them. And I would definitely recommend anyone doing some hardware taking a look. There are a couple of things to be aware of - everything is shipped to the US and then distributed from there (using Mouser US). From the project point of view this means, depending on where things are manufactured) tariffs can come into play. The terms of shipping to mouser are d…

Excellent write up! This answered some of my questions that I wasn't really comfortable asking creators. A very (and I mean very) long time ago when people were complaining about the price of software I wrote up a Usenet post on why software costs what it does and enlightened a number of people to the fact that yeah, there are many things you don't think about when you're just looking at the list price. Presumably th…

Post campaign mouser will continue to order from the creator to keep their stock levels up (assuming the product is selling!). So although the creator may not be actively promoting the product, they may still be doing production runs.

I need to check the exact wording in my contract - but post campaign you can sell through other channels if you want to (which would allow you to do it directly).

Re: Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux

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Post by ChuckMcM » Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 7:31 PM UTC

iamflimflam1 wrote: post #102

ChuckMcM wrote: post #94

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Excellent write up! This answered some of my questions that I wasn't really comfortable asking creators. A very (and I mean very) long time ago when people were complaining about the price of software I wrote up a Usenet post on why software costs what it does and enlightened a number of people to the fact that yeah, there are many things you don't think about when you're just looking at the list price. Presumably th…

Post campaign mouser will continue to order from the creator to keep their stock levels up (assuming the product is selling!). So although the creator may not be actively promoting the product, they may still be doing production runs. I need to check the exact wording in my contract - but post campaign you can sell through other channels if you want to (which would allow you to do it directly).

Thanks, one of the things I bought on a campaign was a programmable USB hub from 'Capable Robotics Components' and when I thought, this thing is really useful I need another one, they became impossible to get.

[1] https://www.crowdsupply.com/capable-robot-components/program...

Re: Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux

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Post by iamflimflam1 » Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 7:59 PM UTC

ChuckMcM wrote: post #103

iamflimflam1 wrote: post #102

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Post campaign mouser will continue to order from the creator to keep their stock levels up (assuming the product is selling!). So although the creator may not be actively promoting the product, they may still be doing production runs. I need to check the exact wording in my contract - but post campaign you can sell through other channels if you want to (which would allow you to do it directly).

Thanks, one of the things I bought on a campaign was a programmable USB hub from 'Capable Robotics Components' and when I thought, this thing is really useful I need another one, they became impossible to get. [1] https://www.crowdsupply.com/capable-robot-components/program...

Looks like they hit supply chain issues a while back.

https://github.com/CapableRobot/CapableRobot_USBHub_Driver/i...