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Stardate: 20200813.2154 | |
Location: xiled rumination concentrator | |
Input Device: Gemini PDA | |
Audio: Box fan, neighbor playing piano, crickets | |
Visual: Fading and cycling colored lights, makeshift desk | |
Energy: 40% | |
Mental: 40% | |
Emotional: bleh, okay... | |
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It has been a few weeks since I worked on the xiled rumination | |
concentrator since I have been so busy with work and family stuff. | |
Well, no time to work on it today either so I am just occupying | |
the concentrator. I have been using it, but mostly as a temporary | |
work/reading/focus space in the mornings or evenings since it is too | |
hot during the daytime. | |
THere is a universal laptop docking station set up in here along with | |
a 23" monitor, wireless keyboard and mouse. I decided to test out the | |
Gemini PDA on the docking station and it mostly works except for the | |
ethernet. So what I did was plug the docking station into the Gemini | |
USB hub/ethernet dongle. So now I have video, keyboard, mouse, and | |
ethernet in the concentrator. Unfortunately, it cannot be powered by | |
the hub without reboot, but that is ok. At least there is a large | |
screen with standard sized keyboard and mouse and ethernet. | |
Even though the Gemini runs Android, I don't really use many | |
of the Android apps. I don't have a Google account on it and | |
mostly sideload or load stuff via F-droid, when I use any apps. I | |
mostly just use termux, fedilab, and T-UI for a launcher. Oh, I also | |
use userLAnd quite heavily. | |
userLAnd allows you to run other operating systems in a chroot | |
environment without having to root your Android device. So I am | |
now container computing on my Gemini PDA in a shipping container, HA! | |
Yeah, bad joke. Not really a container. I have kali and debian loaded | |
on here and I am able to install packages from the respositories. | |
The nice thing about this setup is that I am able to take my | |
Linux desktop with me on the PDA and continue elsewhere without | |
too much fuss. useLAnd can run a window manager full screen when | |
plugged into a monitor or you can use VNC and connect from | |
a larger computer. The desktop is still quite small on the Gemini | |
screen so I mostly use a terminal when mobile. Actually, a majority | |
of the tools I use are in a terminal. Screen is my friend :D | |
So this evening, I thought it would be appropriate to check out the | |
Gemini protocol, that was started by solderpunk, on the Gemini PDA. | |
I have read so much about it but have not tried it out. Yeah, I'm slow. | |
I was able to load the Asuka browser, which did not seem to run so well. | |
I probably need to check my config. I tried Amfora, which seemed to | |
run better. I did cheat and have it running in kali in userLAnd. | |
I was able to visit a few sites and learn more about the Gemini | |
protocol. It looks like there is much out there to explore. I | |
think it will take me awhile to get use to this. I am so use to | |
using lynx for da gopherz. Glad that there is another option for | |
Internets. It might be better for me to install a gemini client | |
elsewhere and just run remotely via ssh. | |
It seems like doing something like creating a new protocol for the | |
Internet is a big undertaking. I applaud the efforts of solderpunk | |
and all of those working on the protocol and look forward to see how | |
it evolves. | |
And now, here are some pics: | |
Termux running side by side with fedilab. | |
userLAnd running kali | |
The xiled rumination concentrator now has camo! | |
Gemini PDA running amfora. | |
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