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Balazs' Impressive Handheld Linux Terminal Features an Ortholinear Keyboard and Custom Character Set

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 03, 2023

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Semi-pseudonymous "hobby-hopping person" Balazs has built an impressive portable Linux handheld, featuring a custom ortholinear keyboard and a full-color display with custom character set — primarily designed "to play around with the Linux command line," its creator says.

"I started learning electronics and Python with a Raspberry Pi 4 as a hobby last year and daydreamed a lot about turning the Pi 4 into a handled computer," Balazs explains of the project's origins. "I just couldn't figure it out how to get it compact enough to make it actually comfortable to hold. After some online window-shopping I stumbled upon the NanoPi Neo Air and impulse-bought it without knowing what to do with it."

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