Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@rl_dane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rl_dane</span></a></span> basically: </p><p>All existing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Laptops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laptops</span></a> on the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/market" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>market</span></a> are IMHO a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Downgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Downgrade</span></a> from my <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/X230Tablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X230Tablet</span></a> ( <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>frameworkcomputer</span></a></span> are the <em>"least worst" by a long shot</em> tho! ) and I do want some essential features that I see as non-negotiable, like <em>tool-free hot-swappable batteries</em> but since noone does that and I don't want to rely on proprietary form factor boards (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Framework" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Framework</span></a>'s boards are proprietary!), I want to literally just take a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UCFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UCFF</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NUC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NUC</span></a> form factor mainboard and put it in a case with the necessary parts to make it work mobile...</p><ul><li>Basically the <a href="https://github.com/kbtechnologies/NUCbook" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NUCbook</a> would look not dissimilar from a <a href="https://youtu.be/x1NcFlgx6Q8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CHONKY Military Laptop</a> because I don't want to use any non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/COTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COTS</span></a> part and *if there's need for custom circutry ot should be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a>'d (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Battery</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PowerCircutry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerCircutry</span></a>)...</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NUCbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NUCbook</span></a></p>