DIY $170 Cell Phone

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[–]JasonCarswell 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Very cool.

Also for Xmas?...

Amazing DIY Pocket PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOu7GnX2AQ

This is not very expensive or difficult. It's an easy do it yourself kit that kids can assemble.

Furthermore, it's a GNU/Linux computer which is far superior to Windows or Mac and on the off chance the kids get geeky they might actually learn to code with Linux rather than depend on the coporatocracy spyware control products the rest of us use. I started animating on Linux in 1995. I've used it here and there. In 2013 I used it for a while. A couple years ago I built a FreeNAS with BSD but I broke it and haven't bothered fixing it. Now I'm very close to switching again, for good, to Mint Linux.

I would love to get this myself except I have no idea what I would actually use it for. I'd like server(s) to house hard drives for filesharing and/or crypto-earning, but wants are not needs. Otherwise I don't need super powerful computers and the boxes I now have are adequate (until I start rendering animation).

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Sweet diy tablet.

I used Mint for years and recommend it to all Linux newcomers (edit: 1995 is legit, don't mean to call you a newbie). I still use it at work. I miss a couple of PC only games but Steam is ramping up their linux support a ton now so that point is almost moot too. If you need a Windows only program you can dual boot or use it in a VM maybe. I'm sure it's tough with being in the art world and probably needing Adobe stuff.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Adobe is an overrated monopoly. Open source has caught up unless you're doing high end proprietary stuff and even then half the time the botch it up in obvious ways.

I am a Linux newbie. I forgot everything and the stuff I remember makes me potentially dangerous not productive.