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Funded in 5 minutes - the open source modular mini computer 'Pilet' is on Kickstarter (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

That keyboard looks like one of the worst abominations ever made. Keys that tiny and that close together basically means you need to get a stylus and peck or REALLY contort and angle your thumbs to type anything.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

The device is enormous. The renderings at the top make it look like this cute little retro thing, It's an inch+ thick and has the footprint of an iPad mini. I hate linear keyboards, and the keys look uncomfortable as hell to type on, but you should be able to hit each one easily with your finger. I'm worried it's just a bunch of micro switches on top of PCB.

It is unclear if it actually comes with the pie.

The indeterminate shipping fee is separate after the campaign ends.

It's in this weird spot, If it were a standard consumer product the price would be way too high. But I worry that for a Kickstarter the price is actually too low.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This looks like it's for people who want a a retro cyber deck device, but don't have the ability or willingness to make their own. It's just a toy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Or the time. I would've gotten one if I had just a little more time in my life to tinker with it. The main appeals for me are:

1.it's 100% open source, all files and specs will be released when they actually start shipping. So 3D printing a case with better colors should be easy, as well as tinkering with it in other ways.

2.Battery management is taken care of.

It will have an LTE hardware option soon.

3.It's a Linux tablet with an OS that it basically ready to go from the day you get it.

It's made for a rasberry pi 5 (not included), so Arch ARM should have a build for it sometime soon.

That's not for everybody, but for some of us it's appealing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck is this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Cassette futurism at it's finest.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Y'all know we have these things called smartphones right? And laptops?

Some are even open hardware.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

They don’t look like this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

God, lemmy.world needs to get rid of this guy....

Toxic all around

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Can you explain to me how pointing out that this device seems oddly pointless - not unlike several other people - is "toxic"?