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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 19:52:06 JST 翠星石

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   • Kelson (Tech and Testing)
   @KelsonTalksTech There are currently no e-ink displays in the size of your wanted form factor, so no such device exists.
   
   The only e-ink devices that can trivially run GNU/Linux I know of are certain Kobo's and Pine64's PineNote - too bad the Wi-Fi cards run proprietary software.
   
   It is possible to port GNU/Linux to those Android tablets, although it'd be a real pain in the neck as you either need to find which drivers work with the hardware or even potentially write drivers yourself (many Android device manufacturers seem to be opting to write and run proprietary drivers in userspace, rather than just writing a Linux module and releasing it under GPLv2 compatible terms as required or better mainlining them).
   
   The only screens larger than drawing tablets that are available seem to be desktop monitor size and e-ink desktop monitors certainly aren't cheap.
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     Kelson (Tech and Testing) (kelsontalkstech@snac24.keysmash.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Mar-2024 19:52:07 JST Kelson (Tech and Testing)
     Something I'd be interested in that I can't seem to find:
     
     A low-powered Linux laptop with an e-ink display, that I could use for long-form writing or coding.
     
     What I've found so far are mostly either
     - Tablets intended for note-taking (like the ReMarkable or BOOX's various lines)
     - Higher-end where the e-ink display is an extra (like Lenovo's swivel designs where you rotate the display to use either an OLED or e-ink).
     
     Some of the tablets do have keyboard cases, which would be better than just hooking up a random Bluetooth keyboard, but it doesn't look like I can just install programs on them, except for the Android ones, which aren't going to be ideal for things like coding or running build scripts or anything like that.
     
     The closest I found was the Modos Paper Laptop, but seems to still be in the prototype phase.
     
     Does this form factor exist yet? Am I just having trouble finding them because of the current state of search?
     
     #laptops #notebooks #eink #epaper