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This is an interesting project but I really don't understand why you would want to have a fan and lots of holes in a pocket device that frequently is exposed to the elements. The idea of having a fan accidentally putting pocket lint into a motherboard is pretty undesirable from my standpoint.

Unless you are running short on space, apt autoremove really isn't necessary. It's safest to just leave the packages installed, which is what apt does by default. But if you want to do it, I recommend saving what they were somewhere in case you need them later. The way dependencies are...

If you haven't used the device in a while, it might have had to catch up on a bunch of crond tasks

Are you using the latest Firefox? My guess is that you probably are using another browser.

Firefox has gotten much worse on memory since those tests. It's a fairly recent development. I wish this were not the case because I prefer having a browser that's non profit, open source, and supports history sync. Right now, there is no other browser that does that. Microsoft made a...

Sounds like you have some different use cases than others. There's no wrong way to use computer RAM.

There are a thousand things I can use 8GB of memory for. My desktop has 64GB and hosts multiple virtual machines and containers, runs Firefox on dozens of bloated websites (thanks Bootstrap, React, etc.). It's helpful with video editing, software compiling, and allowing for remote user sessions...

Strongly disagree here. Since Firefox began improving its process security, its memory usage has expanded massively. On 4GB, you basically have to use NoScript if you want to use other programs. It's a disaster now with less than that. You can get by with a Chromium browser and less RAM but if...

Yes. Also, there are probably a hundred times more Windows driver programmers out there than the tiny few who know about Linux drivers. So it's architecture and software platform that has presented personnel difficulties.

I would recommend getting an HP 200LX or 100LX. They're common enough on eBay but still pretty exotic nowadays. They come with an almost complete MSDOS 5.0 and an 8088 compatible processor but fit in your pocket and run for weeks on AA batteries. LX palmtops also use standard PCMCIA flash...

For the life of me, I don't know why so many OEMs seem to vastly underestimate the importance and frequency of the apostrophe key. It is in the "Home Row" in many languages for a reason: it is used to make numerous contractions and also to make quotation marks, something that is used in almost...

I still don't get why anyone would buy this thing. It's not pocketable which shreds portability. You have to put it in a bag. And if that's they case, why not get a regular ultrabook and a controller to see the game and play it better? Plus, it's so big that it's going to hurt your hands after...

I have used Docker and virtual machines extensively for years. Both have their use cases. Docker is essentially an improved version of LXC. Both are using the Linux kernel's cgroup functionality to perform the abstraction. Either approach is faster than a VM but containers are less secure since...

Yes, table is best for speed. But one handed is much faster than thumb typing for me. Also more ergonomic

Did you ever try one handed typing? I was able to get going pretty quickly on my Gemini with single hand typing.

I just backed it. The hinges look a lot stronger than those of the Gemini which consisted of a metal pin surrounded by a thin layer of plastic. The early bird price was too good to pass up.

It's probably temperature related. Respiratory viri seem not to do as well in hot weather. The Southern Hemisphere areas with colder climates may have some problems once winter arrives in June.

I would mostly agree with that. The web is both dumber and smarter than teevee news.

TV "News" is nothing but idiots arguing about things they don't know anything about. Almost none of the political commentators should be saying anything about this subject. It's not within light years of their expertise, such as it is.

Can someone explain to me why you would want to have joysticks on a laptop? Seems horribly uncomfortable. And the fact that there's no palm rest means that typing on it will be much slower as well. A much better design would be to have them be inserted inside of the device like the old HP...