And use what? A Linux laptop we carry around with us?
This is just letting them win. And if you think the forced pushing for control over what we can do with our computers will simply leave Linux alone, I don’t know what to tell you.
This is just letting them win. And if you think the forced pushing for control over what we can do with our computers will simply leave Linux alone, I don’t know what to tell you.
And they're far from pocketable. My Legion Go is in its case in my backpack when I'm on the go.
Honestly netbooks and ultra portable mini notebooks of yore were more portable and useful for a general on the go portable PC. The gaming handhelds are better from a gaming perspective with their far more powerful graphics power and built in controller grips but the general computing experience is pretty crap.
If only fashion could redefine what pocketable means.
It is very hard to beat a modern smartphone as a wearable device, but it can't be the end of evolution for wearable compute.
But these handheld gaming consoles are huge. They're pretty thick since they have larger cooling systems. They have moulded grips that make these bulbous protrusions on the sides. They have joysticks that stick out and catch on things. Meanwhile they're much more fragile than most mass market phones out there.
The steam deck is great, but it’s not build for those things.
And there is no reason to cede ground on entire form factors. This behaviour will not stop at phones (or tablets, or smartwatches).
Anyway, there are also other Linux devices others have pointed out in the phone form factor like the pine phone, and tablet/notebooks from e.g. GPD. So the form factor is there, but you might need to look at things that are advertised as small computers with touch screens (because that's what they are). So "handheld PC", "pocket computer", etc.
Even if you do that, it won't work in many cases because even in the government agencies, there are some that have gone app-only mode.