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Looking for a "couch laptop" (local106.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I'm in the market for a Linux friendly ultralight laptop to check web apps and run terminal, nothing fancier then that. Do any cheap systems exits these days? I was looking at a chrome book but apparently the mediatek chip doesn't play nicely with FOSS.

Any thoughts?

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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

I bet you money that you statistically use the touch screen keyboard on your phone significantly more than you ever are to your hardware keyboard for your PC.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You would be very very wrong, since I hardly use my phone.

    But to your point, a soft keyboard is very different for conversational input that autocorrect and predictive typing excels at, and command entry and scripting where syntax is critical and you aren't really typing in English or some other language.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I write and run plenty of small to medium Python scripts on my iPhone. It's an adjustment, but it's absolutely manageable.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is that your preference?

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