Ultimately, the use case for laptop seems to be surfing the net, doing document editing, conferencing, usual office stuff. I don't think anyone seriously considers multi-hour compilation sessions for those. Fighting against that seems to be a lost cause, better get a desktop?
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Replying to @shipilev
Got a desktop. Unfortunately it does not travel well.
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Replying to @mjpt777
Yeah, where's that information super-highway we were promised. I found out for myself that most of those "don't travel well" is infra problem. My laptop and desktops are replicas, so I can balance the load between them when I am on the go. This takes out lots of woes.
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It would be great to have a seamless experience for running a laptop in thin-client mode against a beefy workstation.
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Replying to @viktorklang @mjpt777
But you can: VNC and friends! Until you realize the remote UI is really bandwidth-hungry and frustratingly latency-sensitive. Nothing beats remote SSH + unison syncs for me yet. Edit on laptop, sync, build and test remotely, do more edits, sync...
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Replying to @shipilev @viktorklang
I tried the remote thing for a while. Worked well sometimes but many times when on client site or in hotels I could not work. Also spent a lot of time dealing with security patching and IDS.
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Replying to @mjpt777 @viktorklang
I thought once what I would do if I am regularly stuck in a hotel with bad connectivity. I realized that I would buy a NUC-sized box that I can pry open and mount a big-ass fan inside of it. Then carry it in my baggage.
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I looked into the NUC idea at one point
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NUC bad
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Replying to @darachennis @shipilev and
Well... it was the idea of having a mobile headless server to take with me. Different shape to laptop, maybe on battery, maybe not, less exotic HW. Seemed doable, but I was too lazy. Why bad?
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IME bad driver/firmware support - The Ockel Sirius B might work for you. They're great IME
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