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i'm at roughly 7 years on this very-well-traveled thinkpad, and it gets to be that time again. i am looking for a *small, light* laptop.
i travel soon, so memories of ~2008 netbooks trickle through my mind, though i know we aren't allowed nice things any more.
needs to run:
- debian stable, cleanly
- firefox with some middling-heavy tabs like slack (i know, i know, ugh)
- some containers w/php web apps inside
@brennen Another thinkpad or maybe HP. For debian-ness, I might check what the camera setup is on the laptop, since I know some more recent laptops have IPUs that need odd support for the camera.
suggestions from recent experience most appreciated.
please do not:
- recommend a device which will not run debian without many hoops jumped
- tell me about an apple device
- recommend a tablet, phablet, phone, or other thing that does not have a keyboard baked in
- remind me that i am destroying the earth by being the kind of person who goes places with a laptop for a living, believe me i am already trailed by a cloud of shame
(footnote to point the first - if you have a tiny lil laptop you like and have no idea wtf i'm talking about re: debian, i'd love to hear about it, i'm just doing some pre-emptive weeding of a certain class of nerd reply.)
@brennen one of the current crop of slim folding phones paired with a cheap folding Bluetooth keyboard gets you laptop power in your pocket(s).
But of course that would be Android unless you are very brave 😁
@essjax in terms of raw compute it's wild how much is jammed into a phone these days, but in terms of what software i'm actually going to run and how i'm gonna talk to it, it's wild how unsuited such capable devices are to the task.
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