Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket
Can we stop with this absolute fantasy about PCs that &quot;fit in your pocket&quot;?<p>The medium <i>is</i> the message, the form <i>is</i> the functionality.<p>Smartphones have been &quot;pocketable PCs&quot; for more than a decade already, but are dumbed down because their inputs and outputs are limited. You can&#x27;t type effectively, your screen is small, your battery is limited. Would you want a command line interface on your Smart TV using only a remote? How about XFCE? Or GNOME? No, for a Smart TV we have purposefully made OSs that are limited in functionality such as Kodi, LibreELEC and others specifically because of the type of inputs and outputs needed.<p>I think the only way we could ever get a portable PC experience on the go is by having AR glasses project a full desktop in front of us and let us control it with an imaginary keyboard and touchpad by somehow analyzing our hand movements on a hard surface in front of us. But that&#x27;s only if we get to a point where said devices are fast and hold a decent battery, which, with current technology, is impossible.