User:Unclouded

What could be better

• USB host. It would open up so many possibilities, not least cheap wireless
• There could be a single manual in one place that explains command-by-command how to get started with development
• The LCD could be physically larger so that there was no blank space around it. The resolution could be higher too but it's not as important as the flush edges.
• The keyboard layout could be closer to a typical keyboard
• The 40x15 terminal is a bit cramped. A 4x8 font such as the one below could yield an 80x30 terminal

font

(the font on the right is made for the NanoNote's LCD with its delta arrangement of pixels)

Ben_NanoNote_fonts

keyboard

I keep hitting:

• [tab] when I want [shift]
• [esc] when I want [tab]
• [backspace] when I want [enter] ( I am used to a UK keyboard with a double-height enter key)

I'd love to see a keyboard like this:

• Two [ctrl] keys
• Wider [space] key
• Taller [enter] key
• Relocated [esc], [tab], [shift] and [backspace] keys

Packages I'd love to see

• Some sort of cut-down Stellarium that would run on the NanoNote
• A C=64 emulator

What totally rocks

• The price. It's incredible. I think the $99 figure is important. Maybe it could be maintained if extra features such as GPS, wireless, etc. were options on top of a $99 base model
• The keyboard. It's a lot easier to type on than I expected and the placement of most of the keys is perfect
• The size. It's so small that I forget it's in my pocket
• vim being already installed
• The instructions on how to get the NanoNote connected to the Internet
• The short boot time

With a newly flashed image

• Set the root password
• Edit /etc/inittab so that ash starts instead of gmenu2x
• Edit /etc/dropbear/authorized_keys to set up password-less access
• Edit /etc/config/network to set option dns

cat <<'EOF' > /root/.vimrc
set encoding=utf-8
set term=xterm
set list
set listchars=tab:>-,trail:-
set expandtab
set ai
set shiftwidth=2
set tabstop=2
set incsearch
" use RAM for swap files to avoid trashing NAND
set dir=/tmp
:nmap <TAB> :bnext<CR>
:nmap ` :bprevious<CR>
:map <F5> :cp<CR>
:map <F6> :cn<CR>
:nmap <F7> :w<CR>:make<CR>
:map <F8> :buffers<CR>
EOF

cat <<'EOF' >> /etc/profile

alias ps='ps f -N --ppid 2'
alias ls='ls --color=auto '
alias l='ls -lF'
alias cp='cp -ia'
alias mv='mv -i'
EOF

# Set the clock
opkg update
opkg install ntpclient
ntpclient -h tk1.ihug.co.nz -s
hwclock -w