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Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android

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conradev ◴[17 May 25 20:25 UTC] No.44016745[source]▶
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.

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1. whatever1 ◴[17 May 25 20:34 UTC] No.44016811[source]▶
I wish they also included the trackpad beneath it. I basically want a laptop base without the screen.
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2. opan ◴[17 May 25 21:15 UTC] No.44017015[source]▶
I wonder if the keyboard covers for the Microsoft Surface tablets could somehow be repurposed.
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3. kukash ◴[17 May 25 21:35 UTC] No.44017154[source]▶
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.
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4. layer8 ◴[17 May 25 21:53 UTC] No.44017268[source]▶
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.

5. conradev ◴[17 May 25 21:59 UTC] No.44017312[source]▶
That’s a great place to look because they sell this: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-pro-flex-keyboard/...

Tempting!

6. 8note ◴[17 May 25 22:15 UTC] No.44017435[source]▶
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

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7. Philpax ◴[17 May 25 23:47 UTC] No.44017856{3}[source]▶
They more-or-less improved the keyboard immediately after the SP3. The SP4 is a night-and-day difference to the SP3 (to the point where I was considering getting a SP4 keyboard for my SP3 when I still had it), and they've gotten better since.
8. Philpax ◴[17 May 25 23:48 UTC] No.44017864[source]▶
There are people who have bought MBPs with broken screens and deleted the screen to use them with the Vision Pro. Works quite well!

See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUa_pPUbpGQ.

9. seltzered_ ◴[18 May 25 01:39 UTC] No.44018321[source]▶
Over a decade ago microsoft actually sold a Bluetooth adapter for the surface keyboard