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1. deutrino (deutrino@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Oct-2018 21:56:46 EDT deutrino

   My life may soon become #ultramobile. I may be laptop & desktop free for the first time in 20 years.

   Ideas:

   • My #cubieboard 2 + 500GB SSD + 802.11ac wifi dongle + dual-band antennas + RGB light strip + 12V supply + misc parts = portable low power accent light which is a web server & write-through cache of my cloud drive (aka a custom stealth #freedombone in a lamp)

   • What if there were a non-sucky Android tablet that could also run a mainstream Linux distro on its display? Does that exist?

   1. deutrino (deutrino@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Oct-2018 22:17:10 EDT deutrino

      in reply to

      If one were to build a lovely stealth #ultramobile accent lamp out of

      • an omnidirectional dual-band wifi antenna, inside of and supporting
      • a paper towel roll or similar, around which is wrapped
      • a length of programmable RGB LED strip, inside
      • a translucent plastic diffuser, mounted on
      • a base containing the #SingleBoardComputer, SSD, and power converter

      then how much would the LED strip interfere with the wifi signal? Are strip LEDs on an all metal backing, or is it just embedded wire?

      1. deutrino (deutrino@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-Oct-2018 17:32:01 EDT deutrino

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         Money-no-object BoM for the stealth server project (highly tentative & far too expensive rly):

         • #NanoPi M4 #SBC (6-core, 4GB RAM, USB 3, PCIe lanes for which there'll soon be a SATA hat, 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO, RasPi form factor)
         • 16GB eMMC daughterboard for root fs
         • 500GB SATA SSD (w/USB3 adapter til SATA hat available)
         • 2x dual-band ~5dBi omni wifi antenna
         • 1 meter 24V RGBW LED strip (366 lm/ft)
         • 24V wall wart, 5V 3A regulator, misc parts

         It'd make one hell of a cyberpunk accent lamp...

         1. deutrino (deutrino@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-Oct-2018 17:36:12 EDT deutrino

            in reply to

            Since all my friends already know I'm a freak for ✨lamps✨, nobody would really think it odd that I'm dragging around a good size little accent lamp which couch surfing or whatever. Hell, I've already done so on more than one occasion due to my sleep troubles.

            I think as far as portability, since this is a plug-in device, having it in one self-contained unit without a bunch of visible wires & bits is more important than absolute minimum size/weight.

         2. deutrino (deutrino@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-Oct-2018 17:36:30 EDT deutrino

            in reply to

            Since all my friends already know I'm a freak for ✨lamps✨, nobody would really think it odd that I'm dragging around a good size little accent lamp while couch surfing or whatever. Hell, I've already done so on more than one occasion due to my sleep troubles.

            I think as far as portability, since this is a plug-in device, having it in one self-contained unit without a bunch of visible wires & bits is more important than absolute minimum size/weight.

            1. deutrino (deutrino@mstdn.io)'s status on Thursday, 18-Oct-2018 17:43:31 EDT deutrino

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               The NanoPi M4 should be powerful enough for whatever I'd want to do with a low power file & app server for the next few years, possibly excepting Nextcloud. Especially if I get the 4GB RAM model.

               It's a hot new single-board computer; I think the #Rockchip 3399 boards will get lots more dev support over the next year or two because they're so good on bang for buck.

               By the time whatever I'm running gets too heavy for such a beast, it would be well past time to move it to better hardware anyway.