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Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on
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Author : mikenew
Score : 266 points
Date : 2025-05-14 15:11 UTC (3 days ago)
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| az09mugen wrote:
| Nice to read I'm not alone thinking of this nomadic kind of
| setup. And also I got the feedback I hoped on the Xreal Air 2
| glasses : https://eu.shop.xreal.com/fr/products/xreal-air-2
| mikenew wrote:
| Hey thanks (I'm the author)! BTW the "Pro" version has the
| electrochromic dimming, so I recommend paying a little extra
| for that unless you're really sure you're not going to need it.
|
| EDIT: To clarify, I meant the "Xreal Air 2 Pro", not the "Xreal
| One Pro". The latter are much more expensive.
| Blankono wrote:
| Your price point for the used glasses is quite lucky to just
| play around with it or using it sometimes.
|
| They cost 800 new :|
|
| 1080p is that really okay?
| growthwtf wrote:
| They are $299 on sale on the vendor website right now. I
| won't link because I don't want to promote them
| necessarily, but I think you must have seen a different
| vendor or something?
| titzer wrote:
| I also paid less than $300. OP must be referring to a
| different model.
| josephg wrote:
| Looks like they're weirdly expensive through the EU
| store. Just navigate from xreal.com - I see them for $US
| 299
| worldsayshi wrote:
| I've been thinking about using xreal glasses for coding but all
| the reviews I've seen seems to think that the fidelity isn't
| good enough for reading text for lengthy stretches of time.
| This article is the first counter argument here.
| rramon wrote:
| Might even use the phone as a trackpad/mouse for other non cli
| tasks.
| theflyestpilot wrote:
| this is rad
| gejose wrote:
| What a shame that you really can't do this using an iPhone.
| Unless things have changed recently the closest you can come to
| this is using iSH to run some linux binaries (x86_32), but it's
| quite limited last I checked.
| theturtletalks wrote:
| UTM runs virtual machines on iOS and has been around a while:
| https://getutm.app
|
| Issue is that Apple doesn't allow apps to run JIT so if you
| want the JIT version of UTM, you need to sideload or Jailbreak.
| The non-JIT version is on the App Store.
| ukuina wrote:
| Are there any OSes that have usable performance (<1min to
| boot) on iOS without JIT? I tried a few and they were
| impractically slow.
| josephg wrote:
| What's the performance penalty for the non JIT version?
| theturtletalks wrote:
| Reviews on the App Store say very slow and you can't move
| windows without waiting minutes. A Linux distro that's CLI
| only seems to work.
| rasengan wrote:
| Now that Google is rolling out native Debian with Android, this
| will only get better - in addition to Google's native DeX.
|
| I'm sooo ready for the one device life! :D
| VTimofeenko wrote:
| AVF feels a bit janky with its constant crashing on startup.
| 16GB space is a bit restrictive, though I doubt it won't be
| raised at some point.
| ireadmevs wrote:
| Awesome! Regarding the keyboard I would recommend going towards
| the mechanical path. Browse https://kbd.news/ for some
| inspiration. I built a 36 keys for myself that is portable and
| very capable. You can even map keys to control the mouse and much
| more. Definitely going to keep an eye on the advancements of AR
| glasses from now on.
| mikenew wrote:
| Wow, there's some very nice builds there. I so far I hadn't
| seen anything that seemed genuinely pocket-able but there are a
| few there that look like they might work. I'd still really love
| something that can lock flat and be used on a lap, but that
| feels doable.
| evanjrowley wrote:
| I love kbd.news and was recently struck by the novelty of the
| Tackle keyboard[0]. Seems rather extreme but my first thought
| was it could be a great complement to AR glasses. The design
| could be improved with improved with some tenting, because
| those keys at the edges will be easy to accidentally trigger
| when reaching for other keys towards the center.
|
| [0] https://kbd.news/Tackle-keyboard-2549.html
| Xss3 wrote:
| I could make people SO uncomfortable if I worked as a
| receptionist with this strapped on and threw in some very
| subtle signs of enjoying it. Reminds me of the south park
| nipple twisting guy. Very cool keyboard for VR and AR
| though. Can't really think of anything better if you wanted
| to type something quick in the middle of a physical VR
| game.
| montebicyclelo wrote:
| > I really didn't want to root the phone, but nothing else did
| what I needed
|
| Shame that rooting is such a pain, and risks bricking the device.
| (Apparently Google's introduction of an anti-rollback bootloader
| this month has caused a few people's devices to get bricked when
| they tried to root.)
| hawk_ wrote:
| > The biggest downside of the glasses is that the FOV is actually
| too big. Seeing the top and bottom edges of the screen means
| moving your eyeballs to angles that are just a little
| uncomfortable,
|
| Is there a window manager and/or eyeball tracking trick that
| could be added to this setup to bring content into the center?
| k__ wrote:
| That's not a FOV issue, that's a DOF issue.
|
| You can't comfortably use any XR system for more than videos,
| if you can't use your neck to look around.
| two_handfuls wrote:
| Oh that's a cool coincidence, I was just watching a video of
| someone coding a game without a laptop. In their case it's a VR
| game on a VR headset (based on Android), using Godot.
|
| It's not really related I know but it's neat how all those not-
| strictly-computers are getting more useful!
|
| Edit: forgot the video link! It's
| https://youtu.be/4ZAzi-4Ko3g?feature=shared
| conradev wrote:
| This is my favorite portable keyboard:
| https://www.logitech.com/en-us/shop/p/keys-to-go2-universal....
|
| Unless they have a way to lock open, foldable keyboards will
| always subtly bend which is annoying enough for me to ditch the
| folding part entirely.
| whatever1 wrote:
| I wish they also included the trackpad beneath it. I basically
| want a laptop base without the screen.
| opan wrote:
| I wonder if the keyboard covers for the Microsoft Surface
| tablets could somehow be repurposed.
| conradev wrote:
| That's a great place to look because they sell this:
| https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-pro-flex-
| keyboard/...
|
| Tempting!
| 8note wrote:
| they arent that nice, compared to what im currently using
| (epo64: https://a.co/d/gRQnvjE apparently on sale atm)
|
| that said, my surface pro 3's keyboard is quite old now, so
| maybe the new ones are nicer
| kukash wrote:
| You can just unmount the display and have a base. I used such
| setup for 6 months as a teenager plugging it everywhere I go.
| layer8 wrote:
| There are various products like
| https://inateck.com/collections/tablet-
| keyboard/products/blu....
|
| There's also https://www.esrgear.com/products/ipad-
| air-13-2024-ascend-key... which I think are standard
| Bluetooth as well.
| titzer wrote:
| I have these same AR glasses and I really like them. The one
| downside is that they don't seem to handle heat too well--they'll
| crash if I run them in full sunlight for more than a few minutes.
| Also, they are not really AR--they are just a floating screen,
| and supposedly there is motion-tracking hardware, but no
| software. That's OK; a big floating screen that is fixed to my
| head is actually good.
|
| In full sunlight I think this requires opacity. I lost the
| plastic cover for the lenses and I hacked up some cardboard
| thing.
|
| These glasses have a really cool 3D side-by-side mode. The button
| activation is awkward, but it effectively turns this into a
| 3840x1280 screen. I couldn't really find much desktop support for
| this, but there are a few YouTube videos that are 16x9 SBS and
| they look really really cool. Unfortunately in this mode the
| desktop is then super-wide and spread across two eyes, so it's
| almost impossible to use a regular laptop with them. A 3D OS
| desktop would be killer on these!
|
| I didn't try to go full mobile with a phone.
|
| The cord is somewhat annoying, but I think I prefer it over a big
| stupid battery and some wireless protocol.
|
| One wrinkle is that the interface is USB-C. The glasses need
| power, and though you can/could power them over HDMI, they don't
| support that. You need the device to support HDMI over USB-C and
| recognize the glasses as a display. The manufacturer offers a
| completely hilarious _battery-powered_ HDMI-to-USB-C adapter. I
| have no idea why there is no powered solution; maybe there is.
| lagniappe wrote:
| You got them post-rebrand. If you shop by the old name "nReal"
| then you can find the non powered HDMI adapter. Also, the app
| is called nebula, but the motion control is just annoying and
| not worth it. I like mine, they work great, but the FOV is
| tiny, and all of the chirping about AR from influencers/media
| just doesn't help how underwhelming they are if you go in with
| those expectations rather than just a HMD.
|
| https://www.amazon.com/Formerly-Connects-Lightning-Compatibl...
| asveikau wrote:
| > I unfortunately had to upgrade my phone, because to drive the
| glasses you need to have DisplayPort Alt mode. My very cheap,
| very crappy old phone did not.
|
| I also run a low spec android phone, and I tried the same brand
| of glasses with it. My workaround was a screencast to HDMI
| adapter, paired with an HDMI to to DP over USB-C. Both are cheap.
|
| Occasionally the screencast flakes out. But when the network is
| working well it's pretty good.
| 999900000999 wrote:
| Technically wouldn't it be much easier to just do the actual
| programming in a GitHub code space ?
|
| I guess you'd need a stable connection though. I might try this
| as soon as Android actually impliments desktop mode correctly.
| Surprised OP didn't use Samsung Dex.
| Mortiffer wrote:
| Thinking the same. Also considering the amount of speed up you
| get from the copilot .
| Jarwain wrote:
| Ive been thinking the same thing! Except with Code-server or
| some other way to get vscode's remote over ssh
| throwthro0954 wrote:
| I'm quite far sighted, is it possible to use AR glasses for
| farsighted people?
| mikenew wrote:
| The focal plane of the glasses is around 10 feet, so I think
| you should be able to see it just as well as anything else at
| that distance.
| bernardom wrote:
| How do glasses like this work for someone who wears eyeglasses
| for myopia and astigmatism, and doesn't like contacts?
| seanthemon wrote:
| There are perscription lenses, but not sure how well they work
| https://lensology.co.uk/xreal-air-2-ultra-lenses/
| owl_vision wrote:
| they don't work for me having astigmatism with or without
| prescription glasses.
| mingus88 wrote:
| When I did a Vision Pro demo they had lenses on hand to
| accommodate my astigmatism. It was pretty nice...and about
| 10x the cost of this
| bernardom wrote:
| Oh, that's really cool though that they can handle it!
|
| It's funny that 3500 seems sooo much to spend for hardware
| now... over the last 25 years, it's gotten so much cheaper
| between lower price macbooks and not needing to upgrade
| phones and laptops nearly so often.
| halyconWays wrote:
| Air 2 Pros!? I have those and can't stand using them for work. I
| was hoping the One Pros would be a big enough step up that I
| could use AR glasses for daily productivity.
| sneak wrote:
| > _I wrote most of this blog post sitting at a picnic table in a
| park. Screen glare and brightness is not an issue. I can fit into
| tight spaces. This setup was infinitely more comfortable than a
| laptop when on a plane. Some coffee shops also have narrow bars
| that are too small for a laptop, but not for this. The phone has
| a cellular connection, so I 'm not tied to wifi. In other words,
| there's a sense of freedom that you do not get with a laptop. And
| I can be outdoors. One of the things I've grown tired of as
| software dev is feeling like I'm stuck inside all the time in
| front of a screen. With this I can walk to a coffee shop and work
| for an hour or two, then get up and walk to a park for another
| hour of work._
|
| Am I the only one who wishes they could be inside in a windowless
| room 24/7/365? There's climate control, HEPA filtration, good
| chairs, peace and quiet, precisely the light level and color and
| direction I like, etc, at all times. Every time I go outside, the
| environment is worse than being at home indoors.
|
| Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one on the planet who doesn't
| enjoy being outdoors at all.
| scotty79 wrote:
| Nah, there are at least few of us.
|
| I still go out though to walk and cycle, sometimes eat, but
| anything else is more comfortable at home.
| Jtsummers wrote:
| > Am I the only one who wishes they could be inside in a
| windowless room 24/7/365?
|
| I spent a decade in a building like that for my 9-5 job. It
| gets old, unless you really hate sunlight and fresh air.
| 8note wrote:
| i wish i could have those bright window spots everyone hates.
| the glare doesnt bother me.
|
| i do just go outside on the building deck instead
| craftkiller wrote:
| Don't forget the lack of bugs landing on you and crawling on
| you!
| kristianp wrote:
| I find that working outside or at a cafe is too distracting. I
| agree with what you're saying with regards to work or even
| reading.
|
| I enjoy outdoors for relaxation and forgetting about work
| though.
| tbrownaw wrote:
| > _Am I the only one who wishes they could be inside in a
| windowless room 24 /7/365?_
|
| Seems like the sort of thing that might later turn out to have
| been a bad idea regardless of how it seemed at the time.
| cycomanic wrote:
| I've been wanting a simulavr since I saw the first videos. A
| proper Linux dev environment in a pair of VR classes (and I
| really wouldnt want to hack around Linux on android). Too bad
| that they still far away from being real.
| asdev wrote:
| Apple is releasing Vision OS 2 which lets you do an ultrawide
| display on the Vision Pro. It looks phenomenal and has no lag
| aaronscott wrote:
| They have an ultrawide mode available now. Personally I find it
| very uncomfortable. You have to move your whole head to see the
| sides, and the vision pro is heavy. Looking off to the side for
| a length of time is uncomfortable.
| asdev wrote:
| you would have to do the same thing with an ultrawide
| monitor, minus the weight of the AVP
| conradev wrote:
| The foveated rendering didn't look phenomenal for me the last
| time I tried. It gives the perception of a wide FOV but your
| peripheral vision is still blurry.
| xqcgrek2 wrote:
| The Vision Pro is a joke. Way too low resolution (PPD), heavy,
| expensive, and over-engineered and power hungry. It's baffling
| how it was ever greenlit.
| tippytippytango wrote:
| I hope they can figure out why these give some people headaches
| and eye strain (like myself) I really want to use this, but can't
| stand the pain for more than a few minutes.
| layer8 wrote:
| One reason is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergence-
| accommodation_conflic.... Very difficult to solve.
| xnzakg wrote:
| For normal VR/AR, definitely, since you want to have objects
| moving in the Z direction. For this usecase it should be
| enough to show the "flat" virtual screen at the focal
| distance.
| mrbluecoat wrote:
| > ultimately, the aarch64 glibc rootfs tarball of Void Linux fit
| the bill, and it's been running beautifully.
|
| Void FTW!
| tbrownaw wrote:
| > 1080p
|
| So good enough for gargoyling or other situations where even a
| laptop form factor is a pain, but not a proper replacement yet.
| hansmayer wrote:
| Very cool experiment and the piece is written really well,
| manages to communicate a ton of relevant information without
| being overly verbose. One side note though - whats the deal with
| working in the park/on the bench etc, is the author really able
| to be productive in an outside environment? I dont think I could
| ever work like that, either with or without the AR glasses.
| johnyzee wrote:
| First thing I thought. If I go to a coffee shop or the park,
| it's because I want to enjoy that place, not do the same work I
| could do (better) at my desk. That's an aside, though, the OP's
| setup is really cool and intriguing.
| fzzzy wrote:
| Can you explain why you don't think you would be productive
| outside?
| hansmayer wrote:
| Well I guess for a lot of people it would be self-
| explanatory, but if I go outside to a park, or to a coffee-
| shop, or whatever - I go there to enjoy myself, not work.
| Apart from that, I would not really have the ergonomic
| benefits of my controlled working environment, not to mention
| bugs, people walking by, random noise or whatever it is.
| sweetjuly wrote:
| I suspect that's a personal bias. If you go to most any
| cafe (at least in the US) there will be a half dozen people
| there typing away at their laptops. This is even more
| common with the rise of remote work where people will (for
| better or worse) commandeer cafes as their personal office.
| hansmayer wrote:
| Well of course its a personal bias - I never claimed no
| one else could work like that, just myself ;) I am aware
| of all the folks typing it out in the coffee-shops. Just
| that I could never be productive in that setting. Answer
| some e-mails - perhaps, but not really do any
| (meaningful) programming work as such.
| 8note wrote:
| i go outside to get sun.
|
| grab a set on a ledge somewhere and think. that works for
| work, if the thinking is about work.
|
| major benefit is that none of the people walking by are
| going to try disrupt what thing youre working on to be
| different work
| jonbell wrote:
| The exact same thing jumped out at me, for the opposite reason.
| I have unlimited data + tethering, so I can use my laptop with
| fast internet anywhere. That's the big breakthrough for me, not
| the glasses+phone combo.
|
| Working in a park is amazing. You are still enjoying the
| ambience/vibe, but yeah, you're also writing a blog post or
| whatever. For me, that doesn't distract from the park or the
| productivity. They both enhance each other.
|
| Same with a coffee shop -- this is why coffee shops have wifi
| passwords, because many people in there are on the internet,
| soaking up the ambience/vibe.
| divan wrote:
| I work in Quest 3 regularly and in a "normal" weather I like to
| work outside (in a safe environment aka backyard). It's just
| nice to have fresh air. But once I decided to work and sunbath
| on the balcony of the hotel in the Swiss Alps in a sunny spring
| day. It was lovely until sweating made the work really
| uncomfortable (but yet practically possible). :)
| mikenew wrote:
| That's a great compliment; thank you.
|
| As far as being outside, I imagine it's very dependent on
| personality. I often get restless and distracted working from
| home, and being outside or in a public space will help me feel
| a lot calmer and more focused. There's also a certain amount of
| intentionton it takes to "go to a specific place to do a
| specific thing" that helps me mentally.
|
| It's not something I'm doing every day, but when the weather is
| beautiful and I'm feeling stuck behind a desk it's so nice to
| be able to work outside.
| k__ wrote:
| With the new 6DoF glasses it could be a viable alternative to a
| laptop, yes.
| Stratoscope wrote:
| I don't use AR glasses, and I don't code on my phone, but I do
| like to use it for writing without having to carry a backpack.
|
| The keyboard I use and really like is the iClever BK05:
|
| https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018K5EJCQ
|
| It is backlit and has a standard full size PC layout, including
| function keys and an "inverted T" cursor key section. The key
| feel is nearly as good as my ThinkPad. And it comes with a nice
| little stand to support your phone at a typical laptop screen
| angle.
|
| It comes with a soft pouch that holds the keyboard, the phone
| stand, and the manual. Folded up, it fits easily in the cargo
| pocket of my pants.
|
| Like the keyboard described in the article, it is not suitable
| for use on your lap because it doesn't lock open. That doesn't
| matter for me, because I need a place to put my phone anyway.
|
| If you read the reviews, note that the "top rated critical
| review" has a glaring mistake:
|
| https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R1RVWODQ8SCS2X?ie...
|
| The reviewer says that the keyboard has no support at the left
| and right edges, so those outer sections don't lay flat and tap
| against the table as you type.
|
| Wrong! This reviewer didn't notice the two little black tabs that
| you need to flip out so the keyboard lays flat and well
| supported. This is also described in the short manual.
| staindk wrote:
| I bought this keyboard years ago and enjoyed using it for about
| a week. Then 3-5 keys stopped working entirely and nothing I
| did would fix them. Recall having a tough time getting a refund
| on Amazon.
|
| Guess it's good to hear I must have had a dud.
| flyinglizard wrote:
| I can't grasp tech professionals who nickel and dime over their
| setup. Like buying used, not using late gen hardware etc. You're
| spending half your awake hours in front of the thing, just buy
| the latest and greatest.
| 8note wrote:
| im debating rhe upgrade to the surface studio thing now that
| its eol.
|
| the best and greatest is that pen+touch experience, and its
| gonna be gone maybe forever
| luqtas wrote:
| once i asked mom to buy me the most expensive knife and fork of
| the store, she looked at me and said: you are so silly and
| dumb! later that year she gave me a golden spork. since then
| all my meals are much better
| eeasss wrote:
| Why
| npilk wrote:
| The Xreal glasses are going to be the near-term winner for AR/VR
| form factor. A "personal screen" you can carry around with you
| and use to look at whatever is on your phone in a much larger,
| private format.
|
| This just adds more value more simply than the new ecosystems
| most AR/VR glasses are trying to establish.
| mncharity wrote:
| > FOV is actually too big [...] Seeing the top and bottom edges
| of the screen means moving your eyeballs
|
| Or head tracking.[1] Aphysical rotation exaggeration avoids
| trading eye for neck stress.
|
| > I do feel a little weird wearing these in public, but not
| _that_ weird.
|
| Non-weird can be an expensive constraint, fruitful to relax if
| going beyond a minimalism setup. A baseball hat can barnacle
| quite a bit before people find it remarkable... at least around
| Boston. For instance, for head tracking, an Intel RealSense, or a
| hat fisheye camera and tennis ball on the table, or an optical
| marker on a hat chopstick, can be simpler, easier, lower power,
| and less expensive, than invoking "and it has to look non-weird".
| With current tech, that's almost as challenging as "and it has to
| be a product".
|
| > as these AR glasses continue to improve and Linux continues to
| be flexible and awesome.
|
| I suggest Nreal (now Xreal) made a bad call here. They developed
| internally on Ubuntu, but chose to shut out linux. (Caveat: I've
| not followed in a few years, maybe that's changed.) Unicorn
| dreams and race to mass market - maybe the right call if everyone
| started watching media on phones with glasses. But it could have
| been an inexpensive risk mitigation, and a worthwhile investment
| once market fit was clearly a long haul. Is there some doc which
| lays out alternatives for a company who thinks they have a crown-
| jewel binary blob, to allow the community to wrap it for linux
| consumption, with minimal "we just throw a blob over the wall -
| we don't support linuxes" cost? It's been a lot of years that
| something like TFA has been possible, during which a lot of
| developers could have been exploring for viable market niches.
| Instead of... not.
|
| [1] https://x.com/mncharity/status/1225091755667853318#m
| mangomountain wrote:
| Just a side note these setups are really fascinating but not sure
| they're good for eyes if done regularly. There's been some
| research looking at screens up close encourages myopia
|
| https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39982728/
|
| https://www.myopiafocus.org/screen-use-myopia-and-digital-ey...
| nbadg wrote:
| As far as I'm aware, the proposed mechanisms for this have to
| do with the distance to the focus point -- in other words, the
| fact that the display is close, not that it's a display. The
| virtual distance to the display, and hence your eyes' focal
| distance, is definitely something you can change in VR, and
| presumably also AR, so I think this would actually presumably
| be better, wouldn't it?
| mangomountain wrote:
| Actually not sure if the focal length prevents this, if so very
| exciting
| boomskats wrote:
| My AR glasses (viture xr pro) have a focus distance of ~3m. I
| actually find them more relaxing to look at than my monitors or
| epaper displays, and that focus distance is what I attribute it
| to.
| FrojoS wrote:
| > https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39982728/
|
| Did you paste the wrong link? This meta-study does not seem to
| say anything about "up close".
|
| From the abstract:
|
| > Study selection: Primary research articles investigating the
| association of exposure to digital screen devices (ie,
| smartphones, tablets, game consoles, computers, or television)
| with myopia-related outcomes
| mmastrac wrote:
| As someone developing hyperopia, I wonder if this would help...
| teruakohatu wrote:
| It is disappointing that this requires rooting. Essentially this
| requires deciding if you want a dev environment or banking
| apps/nfc wallet or be willing to play an endless game of cat and
| mouse.
| 8note wrote:
| with the gen ai cli tools, i think if i go all in, i could skip
| lugging my laptop around. theres some UX warts to phones where i
| think i need a keyboard for tab, ctrl+c, ctrl+v, ctrl+d, delete,
| and so on, that arent in gboard, but i think it could be a fun
| side project to design and build a tiny mechanical keyboard that
| only had those buttons i need
|
| im running the newer pixel fold, so ive already got a ton of
| screen real estate.
|
| ive made a couple code changes phone-only now, using the amazon
| internal browser that has ssh access to my dev desktop.
|
| im missing the ability to get cloudwatch logs and the like, but
| when i get a good mcp, i think i can leave my laptop at home
|
| my previous workflow was mostly on pen/paper though, only
| touching the keys when i know what code im going to write, or
| when i need to lookup something specific, so i think im in a
| better spot for phone dev than somebody with ten monitors each
| showing some chunk of code
| twism wrote:
| I forked Hacker's Keyboard so it would work on newer versions
| of Android and some other customization for GNU Screen
| shortcuts. That with another personally forked ConnectBot (SSH
| client) and I do 95% of my hobby clojure (tersness helps)
| programming on my pixel.
| tomaskafka wrote:
| Wow, I had little idea the readily available tech is this far
|
| > Termux, which is an Android app that provides a mix of terminal
| emulator, lightweight Linux userland, and set of packages that
| are able to run in that environment.
|
| Tim Cook, I know what you know (and fear losing Mac sales to iPad
| and iPad sales to iPhone, so you want them nerfed), but this
| would make me upgrade my 2018 iPad Pro. I'd love to be able to
| leave my expensive macbook home for the vacation, and still be
| able to do some emergency hotfix on a tablet with keyboard
| (ideally connected to eg. hotel TV).
| maleldil wrote:
| Aren't there SSH clients for iOS? That should work for an
| emergency hotfix.
| doublepg23 wrote:
| iSH sort of works as well as BlinkSSH for remote clients.
| anonzzzies wrote:
| I have the same setup, it works well, been doing this for years
| now. I like to be outside as much as I can and for that reason I
| like having 20 hour battery life (good phone with an external
| battery). My setup fits in my pants pocket and usbc chargers are
| everywhere (bars, restaurants, hotel lobbies, everyone has then
| at home) if you don't need to charge a laptop with them. Where I
| live is a lot of sun and seeing your laptop screen even in the
| shade is hard; no problem with this.
|
| The issue with the top and bottom edges and the too low res are
| the only downsides; both will be fixed as time passes and the
| inconvenience beats lugging a laptop and charger around and
| finding outlets instead of literally never needing any except
| while sleeping.
| Scipio_Afri wrote:
| What about using this to replace a multi screen setup at home?
| johnh-hn wrote:
| Does anyone know if these glasses, or any other glasses, can be
| tried in-person and used on desktop? I'm legally blind, but have
| just enough vision to use a screen without a screen reader. The
| problem is I have to be about 6 inches from a 27 inch screen. I'm
| tall, and I'm almost bent in half to do it. It's been hell on my
| back and neck. I've only really made it work because I've
| modified so many things to get around it (i.e. customising
| Windows, Firefox, and so on).
|
| The part that makes it so tough is monitor arms come in standard
| sizes and are nowhere near long enough or extend far enough for
| me to sit comfortably. My dad modified my desk for me years ago
| to mount a monitor arm on wooden blocks, but it means I can't
| move the monitor much.
|
| Being able to wear glasses and ditch the monitor entirely would
| be a game changer for me. I know next to nothing about AR though,
| being as I assumed, perhaps wrongly, it isn't something that
| would work for me.
| conroydave wrote:
| if you are based in the USA, most stores have 30 day return
| policies. perhaps order them, try at home, and return if you
| they arent a fit for your situation
| colingauvin wrote:
| You can use them just as a monitor/without AR - some require a
| special USB-C to DP cable if you don't have native USB-C video
| out (or Thunderbolt), but they are a bit blurry compared to
| normal screens for me. I'm not sure how well they'd work for
| you.
|
| The other problem is they aren't quite up against your eyes the
| way VR headsets are. They project a screen that appears to be
| quite far away. I imagine you could lower the resolution
| though, and it might look closer.
| brigade wrote:
| Glasses like these put the screen at a focal distance further
| than a monitor, closer to TV distance. Optics wise it's
| basically the same as VR, if a VR headset is easier to try.
|
| If your corrected vision needs stuff 6" away, don't expect AR
| or VR to be a solution with current optics
| aucisson_masque wrote:
| I think the next version of Android is supposed to include a
| terminal that can run Linux.
|
| I don't know the specifics but it would be better than having to
| root the phone and use chroot.
|
| It's sad that a phone running java on top of Linux isn't able to
| run Linux app without big downside like termux and proot.
| Hopefully it changes.
| astrodude wrote:
| really useful when you are travelling without laptop and you need
| to quickly fix a thing
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