Yeah thin clients [0] make a lot of sense with this kind of workflow. If you only really need text, living in the terminal and browser, it might make sense to use eink for eye comfiness and outdoor readability, something like this hack: https://maxogden.com/kindleberry-wireless. Or one of those eink android tablets.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_client

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godelski 2 days ago | parent [-]

Has the refresh rate on eink devices reached like 30-60fps?

It definitely looks cool and I might give it a try, but I do love my dark mode and color syntax. My understanding is that color on eink is pretty limited. It also isn't worth it to me if I'm going to be spending $500+ on a "monitor". But I'd definitely love if things moved in that direction.

Honestly if Apple wasn't so insistent on making the iPad not a general purpose computer I'd use that as my thin client.

	▲	gabrielhidasy 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		They are still not great for high refresh rate, but I have a boox note air4C that can do fast-enough for video. It gets some ghosting (although it should be minimal for typing as you are fully changing from white to $color, backspaces might be a problem though). You will need a full refresh when scrolling but that is fast enough.