So I made my own alpha smart with a Raspberry Pi 400. For focused writing when my ADHD is going wild, also when I need to remove any distractions to get things done. features:
- Word Processor
- Dictionary search tool
- basic Network Connectivity for file transferring
- Web based file browser for transferring documents
I want to get some feed back and suggestions on improvements. also anyone think this could be a good product. maybe with a E-Ink screen and a mechanical keyboard.
Links: https://blog.ascosilinux.com/the-pi-writer-400 https://git.ascosilinux.com/batvin321/CLI-typewriter-app/releases/tag/0.1
Oh cool!
Seeing your affinity for nix, I’d go with nixos, either it is on the raspberry or a laptop, and then boot into sway, then have it open the terminal on boot, kitty, or another similar terminal.
Id probably hyper focus on making the perfect nixos config, I’m unsure if I would want to have it part of my main flake or a separate flake
The script is already written into a flake. Also I have been playing with a Kmscon for better font rendering and the ability to zoom in and out with Ctrl+ and ctrl- in the TTY Here is the flake (its only setup to compile for x86 as of now) https://git.ascosilinux.com/batvin321/CLI-typewriter-app