[GTALUG] Raspberry Pi as a desktop or settop computer

[o1bigtenor]

On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 3:39 PM Howard Gibson via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Jun 2024 14:15:45 -0400
> William Park via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
> > I use laptop for work, and I hate it.  I end up adding mouse, monitor,
> > and keyboard (because one key on laptop is broken, and it will cost $500
> > to replace the whole one-piece keyboard).  With this hybrid work
> > schedule, I have to carry it back and forth, along with its power
> > supplies, headset, mouse, etc.
> >
> > I miss the old days.  All your stuffs are at office, and you just show
> > up with lunchbox.
>
> William,
>
>    No problems with work laptops here.  I am a touch typist and I find the
> Lenovo keyboard adequate at worst.  At home as well as at work, I prefer to
> plug into an extra monitor.  My only problem with it is that it runs
> Windows.
>
>    I am typing this on my personal Lenovo laptop running GNU/Linux.  For
> anything other than a desktop, I find that mice are inferiour to
> trackballs.  I strongly prefer mice for mechanical CAD.  In coffeeshops, in
> bars, and on the arms of my front porch muskoka chairs, trackballs do not
> need table space.
>
>
You're doing CAD on a laptop - - - that to me sounds really really NOT fun!

(Why?)

Regards
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