Tinker ☀️Apr 3

Introducing the Tinker WriterDeck OS!

Convert any laptop and most chromebooks into a writer deck: A device designed solely for writing.

No distractions.
No internet.
No apps. No games. No social media.

Just writing.

The Tinker WriterDeck is very light weight and specifically seeks to lower the barrier of entry to creating writer decks. It converts older, reused, refurbished, or inexpensive laptops into a dedicated writing machine.

A digital typewriter.

The Tinker WriterDeck sits on top of a "headless" Debian Linux image and boots directly into a console based text editor.

We're using the Tilde Text Editor because it is a simple text editor, has an intuitive User Interface, and allows for customized color schemes for light and dark modes.

Operating System download and instructions on how to convert your laptop into a dedicated writer deck for free are found here: https://tinker.sh

See below for an example of the writer deck in light mode and dark mode.

If anyone has any questions or needs any help setting your laptop up, let me know here!

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Tinker WriterDeck

A Writer Deck Operating System

Tinker WriterDeck
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@tinker this is so cute! would you think about adding a graphical (still terminal based) file manager?

also thinking aloud, bluetooth or local hotspot filesharing would add compatibility with devices that don’t have working usb ports or usb c only like a lot of devices this decade

Apr 3 at 9:46pmWeb
Show threadTinker ☀️Apr 4

@em_cinnamon - Yeah, something like Midnight Commander or Ranger?

I can totally install that in the distribution. The user would have to call it from the command shell though.

So far as adding bluetooth support, I think that's possible! Something to add to the feature requests on the next upgrade certainly!

Cheers for the musings!