I was thinking about this because I realised part of the reason I can still use my #PineBookPro for daily stuff is that 4GB is still a perfectly serviceable amount of RAM for normal work in 2025. Yeah, you'd like more, but you can make do with it just fine.

@futurebird It's not the strangest computer I own or have access to, but it is the strangest one I use for "normal" fediverse access. It's a £100 ARM-based #PineBookPro I bought back when they were new, and installed #PostmarketOS on. It saved me in a pinch at work when I had a laptop die on me, although I definitely drove it harder than it wanted that day.

I'm running absolute nerd-bait stuff on this thing: #sway, #waybar, etc. My normal laptop is straight GNOME, usually.

@requiem yep! I use openbox on my #PinebookPro for this reason. Mainstream browsers and “big apps” like LibreOffce are still kinda slow, but everything else is surprisingly snappy.

I haven’t even been particularly minimalist about the underlying Manjaro install (like KDE Plasma is an option when I want it)

@selea I ran NetBSD 10 on my #pinebookpro for a few months. Unfortunately, the hinge broke on the lid and I was unable to fix (smelled magic smoke too) Ran well otherwise. Here are my notes:

https://www.idatum.net/netbsd-10-on-a-pinebook-pro-laptop.html

@sirber

No, this is the X260.

The #PinebookPro is sitting on my shelf. I might try repairing it, though.

@farooqkz @ahelwer

I like epaper, but for a larger device, it's a bit too expensive, still.

I still have my kindle, but I'm looking for a new(er) laptop daily-driver for now.

My #PinebookPro has gotten rather beat-up and may need more care than I can give it, in terms of hardware fixes.

@rl_dane @amin @sirber
The #pinebookpro is IPS.

@amin @sirber

My Thinkpad X200t is obviously IPS, as I can move the screen around and it never changes.

My #PinebookPro is (I think) TN, and my X260 is really obviously TN, it looks like total crap unless you're at the correct angle(s). It was the base configuration; a detail I missed when buying it.

Most mid-range-to-high-end LCDs are IPS. Only the really cheap stuff is going to be TN, generally.