Travelling again
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It have became a norm that I have to travel by train. Usually 3-4 hour
rides, often with working WiFi. This in good as I usually can do some
work done.
I have been using the MNT Pocket Reform there. I'm used to its
orthogonal keyboard and like its trackball. It's almost normal Linux
computer, just an ARM one (and a bit smaller than others). So things
work as expected here.
The Reform have had some issues, of course. The non-working suspend is
still the one (moreover, it is not going to be fixed for my CPU model)
but the WiFi one has been solved by a new WiFi card (the build-in one
is ignored now). Surprisingly, I have no noticeable speed nor RAM size
issues (8GB with no swap).
By the way, a script called pseudo-suspend is available as a partial
solution for the non-working suspend. It slow down the CPU, stops
services and radio and turns off the internal screen (but not the
external one, if any). Energy savings are relatively small but they are
here.
Heat can be viewed as an issue - the back of the screen can be quite
hot as the CPU is up to 71 degrees of Celsius when running the Firefox.
But its about 62 degrees when running other software. A good reason to
not to browse WWW too much.
After all, the machine is good enough for my need. Moreover, it fits
neatly on the small tables in trains - it leaves enough space for cup
or bottle (the depression on the table which is meant for a cup is
usually located under the normally-sized laptop). There is even enough
place for the USB cable (the USB-C connectors of the Reform are on the
right side of its screen - and the cups are placed on that side, too).
