Cyberdecks: have you ever made one?

A cyberdeck is the faithful companion of any cyberpunk hacker (using the term in its original positive meaning - more on this in a later post). Alas, Ono-Sendai is not (still) in business, so resourceful chooms have traditionally turned to self-assembled solutions. If you want a source of inspiration, this (Hack In Style With This Fallout Cyberdeck | Hackaday) is my favourite post-collapse device.

I know, it’s not exactly the easiest task. The “brain” is probably the simplest part to choose (any Pi will do), after that you have to code your apps in C-like or Pyhton-like environments, solder something, maybe even 3D-print a case.

If making stuff is not your thing, there are some alternatives. Some cyberdeck-ish basic devices like uConsole (https://www.clockworkpi.com/home-uconsole). And many Steam Deck clones that, I guess, a clever choom can hack for more generic hacking tasks.

Anyway.

My question is: have you ever tried to make your own cyberdeck? If so, with which results? If not, is it something you’re wondering? Or it’s defintely not in your ballpark?

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cyberdecks are great! I have both. I build my own:

Here is the docu if somebody want to do the same
https://www.nerdbude.com/nb100.html
Also the MagPi Magazine wrote about it and as a fan of @revengeday you can also find it on the cover of this song (:heart_eyes:): CCH! by Revengeday.

I also buy the uConsole and play around with this. I manage to ran NixOS on this nice little device and since then it’s with me all day:

Cyberdecks are great and I have some ideas for other decks but to less time at the moment :sweat_smile:

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