Charlie StrossAug 4, 2024

Welp, I have spent the morning playing with/exploring my Pomona DM250, and I have to say, it's proving a LOT friendlier as a distraction-free writing sidecar for #scrivenerapp than I'd expected! Makes the advertised features of the Freewrite Traveller look weaksauce, and it's only half the price.

https://artvsentropy.wordpress.com/2023/08/12/retro-writing-15-pomera-dm250/

Retro writing 15 – Pomera DM250

…and my current writing setup Just recently, our small son began his kindergarten experience, getting used to it at first, just for two or three hours each morning. This schedule allowed me t…

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Show threadKarl Schroeder

@cstross
Cool. Keep us up to date on how that goes.

I've been considering buying a used Thinkpad and putting #HaikuOS on it with #libreoffice for writing on the road.

Aug 5, 2024 at 12:47pmFedilab
Show threadCharlie StrossAug 5, 2024
@KarlSchroeder The DM250 is a good distraction-free writing tool; I haven't put Linux on it yet (and won't for at least a couple of weeks, if ever). But if you like LibreOffice, a burner laptop with Linux is definitely the way forward. (Not sure about Thinkpad battery life, though.)