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noamzeise.com A Mini Monitor for a Pi

This post outlines how I used a small 2 inch display as a monitor for my pi. Where it can display tty terminals and X desktops and applications as if it was a normal screen connected over hdmi. My overall goal is to have a sort of handheld “console” that I can connect a keyboard to and use as a norm...

A Mini Monitor for a Pi
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Unsupported Acer Chromebook Repurposed as Linux Writing Laptop
  • Yup, old Chromebooks are great. I got mine used for 180PLN (45USD), and I'm using it to connect to my computer at home via SSH to do some work there whenever I'm bored at school. The battery life is awesome and the laptop itself is great for whenever I want to test my code on it (different distro and lower specs). Though the firmware is a little weird because it doesn't want to boot off the sd card, however I can imagine mounting /usr or something on it as a dirty hack over this.

  • Is this hosting service safe?
  • Well the site looks like abandoned (no https which is weird because of the free Let's Encrypt certificates nowadays), but they have a free pricing plan so I guess if I were you I would give it a shot

  • Solarpunk movies community?

    There is a solarpunk music community, but what about solarpunk movies? From top of my head I could list a few titles:

    Thoughts about this?

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    Hardware replacement, Raspberry Pi or a used PC?

    Let's say, one is in need of a replacement of its PC (something went horribly wrong with it, exploded or something), would it be more "permacomputable" to replace it with a new Raspberry Pi (as a daily driver of course), or a used PC?

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