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0 pointsbalfirevic5y ago0 comments

I think it just comes down to how important you find the convenience of using the same machine when you're at your desk and when you're not.

I used an external monitor, keyboard and mouse when at the desk, even when I only owned a laptop. But I also use the laptop a lot on the couch, not just for traveling - so I wondered if I would find it annoying to have a separate desktop machine.

So far it's been well worth it. The desktop performance is much better (especially for gaming) and Dropbox, git, Chrome sync and VS Code sync make having multiple machines relatively painless.

Edit: I see in previous comments you were looking for a full sized bluetooth keyboard. I recently got a Logitech G915 [0] and I'm pretty happy with it. Expensive though.

[0] - https://www.logitechg.com/en-eu/products/gaming-keyboards/g9...

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WalterBright5y ago

I cannot type unless I'm sitting in a chair at my desk. Trying to type on the sofa or in bed means my hands are at all the wrong angles and touch typing completely fails me. (I wrote this not looking at the keyboard at all.)

The couch is fine for reading a tablet.

For me the trick when moving back and forth between the office and home was to have an external drive with everything on it and carry it back and forth. A better approach is probably remote desktop or remote login.

I travel with a cheap laptop loaded with only what I anticipate needing on the trip. It eases my mind to not worry too much about having it stolen, lost, or smashed.

klyrs5y ago

I've gotten used to the convenience of a laptop, but I'm never happy with them. Now that I'm working remotely, the lappy just doesn't cut it. But I want to veg on the couch with my laptop once and a while. My solution is to use my older laptop as a thin client for my desktop.

balfirevicOP5y ago

I tried that (using Windows Remote Desktop) but the latency was just high enough to be annoying. What do you use?

HungSu5y ago

Not OP, but I use Parsec to do things remotely on my desktop from my laptop. Latency and frame rate are far, far better than VNC or RDP

https://parsecgaming.com/

klyrs5y ago

Well... tbh I'm still working on the build. But I don't do windows and I don't play FPS or anything where latency would be super important. I use VNC across town to my office and that's generally good enough... but we'll see. I had small hopes that "laptop as linux thin client" would have an easy PNP solution by now, but my research indicates that this still isn't the case. Definitely open to suggestions.

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dredmorbius5y ago

Linux. SSH. Command line.

WalterBright5y ago

I tried WRD too, with the same result.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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WalterBright5y ago

The couch is fine for reading a tablet.

I travel with a cheap laptop loaded with only what I anticipate needing on the trip. It eases my mind to not worry too much about having it stolen, lost, or smashed.

klyrs5y ago

balfirevicOP5y ago

I tried that (using Windows Remote Desktop) but the latency was just high enough to be annoying. What do you use?

HungSu5y ago

Not OP, but I use Parsec to do things remotely on my desktop from my laptop. Latency and frame rate are far, far better than VNC or RDP

https://parsecgaming.com/

klyrs5y ago

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dredmorbius5y ago

Linux. SSH. Command line.

WalterBright5y ago

I tried WRD too, with the same result.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse