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If you get along with setting design rules, I think KiCAD can make these.

About open source tools, I've found 2 programs interesting, I don't know are they working on Pandora. 1. KiCAD - a bit difficult to start with, but much can be done with it. One should know that it's schematic editor is a schematic capture program, not schematic design tool, it means that it's...

I'm successfully using PaleMoon on Eee PC 900. This is a 900MHz i686 Celeron. With quite large probability Pyra will be computationally faster. The key things here: 1. Do not use more than 3 tabs for applications. 2. Enable JS on one or two. 3. Use obsolete Flash player for YT. Details: 1 -...

With this amount of computational power and connectivity, Pyra is better in openness - at least I've seen the initial schematics. Some Zaurus or HP LX has so small power, that it won't steal your data (or you'll see it quickly, it of course doesn't cover side-channel attacks). With more power...

Anyone tried installing Linux on GPD Win? How's the battery life? I was also thinking about GPD Win, but Win10 is definitely not a system for me, as I think terminal systems should be ran on thin clients.

I started my programming with pseudocode/algorithms, then Pascal, then C++, then Perl. So for me, languages without strict typing require more thinking like "how function x would understand variable y". If you can work without it, it's really good. Method of creating XML from page? Most web...

2 Months? I think it may take a bit more, but do not hurry, this is an important stage. Let's try to sum up what should be done with software, this list is based on posts here and lack of information about certain functions, I haven't seen the OS on prototype so some items may be already done in...

Wow, good luck. I have never managed to learn Python. I see Python code... not like a programming language, so congratulations that you chewed through it. P.S. Not a programming language... says the being who everyday deals with proprietary, undocumented program description systems for computer...

Its usefulness depends on usage, so with thick plastic and careful operation of a ruler and file any customization may be performed. With CNC even own complex patterns may be made. I had these grooves on 200LX and it was mostly for collecting dirt, but if someone doesn't use the device "on the...

We also censor the internet by democracy. It is only needed to fill the government-controlled "social media" with some content and it'll be "automagically" upvoted and reposted if only few pages are filled and voted once or twice by small group of merely-paid bio-robots :). Today we have...

The problem with GNU and smartphones is that they just don't get along with each other. GNU/Linux is a system in which freedom is guaranteed by license. You have a system with source code. You can analyze it, you can publish about it, you can modify it as you need, submit a patch or publish the...

There is a "xkbset" tool to configure various aspects of AccessX subsystem. This subsystem was created for accessibility features in X. For example, giving command (warning: writing from memory, verify before use): xkbset accessx sticky sticky keys are turned on, but xkbset accessx sticky...

How about configuring accessX to +sticky? I think sticky keys feature is a must-be for such small device to type swiftly. In most cases it works perfectly with shift, ctrl and alt, yet in most notebooks it doesn't go with Fn key as it's handled internally by controller. How is it made in Pyra...

Some people think about distributed "Internet 2.0", I recently read about it in a few blogs. It will end the same way. I think that there is one possibility to make this hypothetical "Internet 2.0" last a bit longer than current one. To consciously and by purpose go right into a dead end. Use...

I just can't see a fully-profitable renewable energy source in the age of planned obsolescence :). Let's try with batteries. How many prototypes of better, more environment-friendly cells were there? Silicon, organics, hydrocarbons... And they never left prototype stage. With photovoltaic, solar...

I am afraid a bit about these gray-coated and silver-coated plastics. My 200LX is not coated at all and is made of quite friction-resistant plastic. However, after long time of putting it in and out of pouch every day its edges became visibly smoother and polished, loosing its brittle texture...

I remember a quote, attributed, probably by mistake, to archeologist Heinrich Schliemann: "Ah, Democracy, I've seen democracy. Three robbers were voting should they kill and then rob fourth one or rob him first and then kill to avoid revenge." There were always inconvenient things in the...

Ha, ha, I remember a "game" we played at University in boring lectures. Usually 90-minute lecture was a bit short for it. Two people made two short sentences written on paper for each other. The goal was to make QR code on paper. Unlimited amount of paper (for notes and "final product") and...

Wow, that was quick... I hope RAM issues will be fixed. RAM chips are really sensitive to frequency changes and signal timings. For Eee PC to bump it to 2GB I had to try 6 modules, all looking the same. One was a month older than others. And this one was the only working without famous...

Thanks for video! How about heat produced by CPU? What temperature it can go and what is the contact MB<->CPU? Exactly like my Zenith! There was also Zenith Supersport with external battery pack, also all round corners.