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Sometimes I would like to have a small laptop with black and white screen or maybe 8 bit color that would have extreme (measured in days) or almost unlimited battery power (solar cell?). Something that would have a C compiler for happy hacking, though I would like to have a Linux kernel on it. I am not sure about connectivity though.

We made huge efficiency and battery chemistry gains, but software is lacking. Though it would be probably a quite expensive device that only a few want.



Check out this Android tablet, which would support running gcc through Termux I think.

https://daylightcomputer.com/


Very nice concept, but I'm afraid this device running on a MediaTek SoC will never run a main line Linux so I expect to see 2-3 years of support.

I would prefer for the device to be inherently hackable and that requires running on a main line kernel.


You mean something like the Onyx Boox Tab Ultra ?

https://ewritable.com/tablets/onyx-boox-tab-ultra/review/

Not sure about the battery life : since it's one of the higher powered e-ink tablets, it can probably only last a few days ?




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