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Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by mateioo7 »

This article reminded me of something I've been thinking a lot these past few months, that is having my computer split in 2 modes:

1. work, having everything available in a desktop OS

2. personal, a console-only mode with a few basic functionalities I consider not time wasting: ebook reader, weather forecast, next sport events, 1 TV show episode per day, calculator, calendar, timer, etc

Since I use the extremely configurable awesomewm window manager, this switch would not be hard to implement and have me locked (somehow) based on day of the week or time on work days.

LE: actually, the console-only mode would be more of a menu-only one with something like rofi desktop [1]. Something very minimal and easy to use.

[1] https://github.com/giomatfois62/rofi-desktop

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by McGlockenshire »

hank808 wrote: post #53
kibwen wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The author already had the hardware, better to not buy than to buy.

You're not gettin' the point. There's nothing here if you think about it for 10 seconds. Any ancient anything, could run vi, or vim, or Emacs, or friggin' wordstar, natively or via emulation or WHATEVER. There's nothing here.

You seem to be missing the entire point of the exercise and perhaps you should go back and read the article again to understand what you're missing.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by cgriswald »

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #50

This is an awesome setup. I like it, good job. That said, I do think there's a bit of irony to solving your "paying attention to writing" problem by setting up your OS from scratch, choosing to swap out the default networking stack, installing a novel flavor of your preferred text editor because you're "trying to get to know it a bit more," customizing your battery readouts, tweaking the login sequence, and then, aft…

I went with paper and pen precisely because there was always more I wanted to do with my computer work flow.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by SubiculumCode »

iib wrote: post #56

If anyone wants to try this without the intricate setup, if you have a linux system, you most probably can just press Ctrl+Alt+F3 and drop into a tty console directly. To return, you have to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 or Ctrl+Alt+F2. You also have multiple consoles, up until F12 probably. I used to use this a lot when trying for a less distracting desktop, just like in the original post.

Yes, and if you want it to boot directly into a tty mode run: sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target

As an aside: on some of my computers it is Ctrl+Alt+F2 but on others it is Ctrl+Alt+F7 to return to graphical mode.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by Rotundo »

normie3000 wrote: post #8

> I'm trying to be more intentional with my tech choices. I want devices that do one thing really well, and that when I'm done with that one thing, I can put them away, and do something else. I don't want everything to follow me around everywhere. Sign me up. I would like an audio device which can play mp3, podcasts, internet radio. Bonus points if it supports some kind of cartridge system, size between credit card a…

> I would like an audio device which can play mp3, podcasts, internet radio.

Get a second-hand Apple iPod Touch, remove all apps you don't need.

For just mp3 and podcasts: get an iPod Classic (or Video) and install Rockbox.

Rockbox is amazing.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by obsidianbases1 »

cgriswald wrote: post #64
CobrastanJorji wrote: post #50

This is an awesome setup. I like it, good job. That said, I do think there's a bit of irony to solving your "paying attention to writing" problem by setting up your OS from scratch, choosing to swap out the default networking stack, installing a novel flavor of your preferred text editor because you're "trying to get to know it a bit more," customizing your battery readouts, tweaking the login sequence, and then, aft…

I went with paper and pen precisely because there was always more I wanted to do with my computer work flow.

Pen and paper for writing. Computer for editing.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by helterskelter »

daoboy wrote: post #6

I'm desperately awaiting the perfect eink device for this. I've got a great writing setup on Obsidian that really works for me, a royal kludge mechanical keyboard...just waiting on the next gen of eink The Boox One Note Max was sooo close, but they almost immediately discontinued the product and probably won't be supporting it long. Suggestions are welcome

Ideally, somebody like Modos would create a replacement e-ink display for the Framework.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by michaelbuckbee »

CobrastanJorji wrote: post #50

This is an awesome setup. I like it, good job. That said, I do think there's a bit of irony to solving your "paying attention to writing" problem by setting up your OS from scratch, choosing to swap out the default networking stack, installing a novel flavor of your preferred text editor because you're "trying to get to know it a bit more," customizing your battery readouts, tweaking the login sequence, and then, aft…

It it reminds me of a lot of friends who wanted to "start blogging" and their first step was writing a new static site system from scratch.

Re: Time to talk about my writerdeck

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Post by sixtyj »

mateioo7 wrote: post #61

This article reminded me of something I've been thinking a lot these past few months, that is having my computer split in 2 modes: 1. work, having everything available in a desktop OS 2. personal, a console-only mode with a few basic functionalities I consider not time wasting: ebook reader, weather forecast, next sport events, 1 TV show episode per day, calculator, calendar, timer, etc Since I use the extremely conf…

I haven’t known awesomewm. Thumb up.

As I switch between Win and Linux, I have found FancyWM for win10/11 that should do the similar. (Ofc you’ve to use mouse in Windows.)

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