I would love the child of a Surfacebook with a Framework laptop; or A bare keyboard attached to a screen, that I could plug my phone (possibly running Phosh) and use it as a hardware for a laptop experience

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      This is what I did. I purchased a Lenovo Yoga 11e on eBay for $37. If you get the model that has an Intel processor, you can put Linux on it. With Ubuntu MATE, the touchscreen and auto screen rotation work out of the box. From there a VNC viewer is all that is needed. The laptop I received was in pristine condition.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        They generally work great with any x86 CPU - doesn’t need to be only intel. If you get an ARM-based netbook, just make sure to use the architecture-appropriate image for your distro.

        That said, if you grab an older model, you may run into some hardware weirdness. Source: years ago I did this with an old Asus netbook that had a 32-bit UEFI and a 64-bit CPU, and I had to do some weird hackery in the ISO before writing it to the flash drive to get it to load the install image at all

    • krdo@lmmy.net
      1·
      1 year ago

      Do netbooks still exist? I can’t seem to find them for sale anymore.

    • erogenouswarzoneEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      I’m not sure how to stress this enough… I do not want another computer.

      I do not want another computer.

      I want a wireless interface to the computer I already have.

      1. Mobile hotspot/ my phone’s hotspot
      2. Bluetooth Mouse/keyboard combo
      3. Wireless Monitor
      4. Something to convert bluetooth connections to wifi.
      5. A laptop case to put it in.

      If they can make laptops for $37 they can make this for $1.

      • PM_ME_FAT_ENBIES@lib.lgbtEnglish
        11·
        1 year ago

        You want to beam bluetooth signals from a mouse and keyboard directly over the cellular network to your home PC?

        That’s a terrible idea.

      • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
        11·
        1 year ago
        1. So, just WiFi?
        2. Why Bluetooth? They can just be integrated into the device.
        3. Not a thing. How about attach it to the mouse and keyboard?
        4. That doesn’t even make sense. What are you trying to accomplish with this?
        5. So it needs to be laptop-sized?

        All of these requirements can be met with a laptop.

        Nobody’s making laptops for $37, and your bizarre requests certainly cost far more than $1. What planet are you on?

        • erogenouswarzoneEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          I’m sure you don’t want to hear this, but…

          Nit-picking the minutiae of new ideas may make you feel better, but ignoring the core idea will only hurt you and your creativity in the long run.

          Instead of finding ways that it won’t work, you could use the same amount of energy to make the idea better.

          • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
            12·
            1 year ago

            I replied to your comment point-by-point, addressing the entire core concept.

            Talk about nit-picking that limits creativity and ignores core ideas - you’re the one who doesn’t want to accept that what you’re looking for already exists.

            You’re mind-bogglingly dense.