Untethered Linux: Using Linux away from the Home and Office

Sean Reifschneider

tummy.com, ltd.

Why to be mobile?

• Change of scene
• Be away without being away
• Stop obsessing

Tasks to do while mobile

• Development
  • DVCS
  • References
• E-mail
  • IMAP offline
  • E-mail to phone
  • UUCP

Tasks to do while mobile

• Reading
  • Instapaper
  • Calibre
  • Phone or Kindle?
• Writing
• Task completion
  • Mail me when this job is done

Tasks to do while mobile

• Location-based services
• To Do Lists
• Social Networks
• Network things
  • Mobile "broadband" cards
  • WiFi

Wearable computing

• The future of computing

Laptop/netbook

Android component

• Bluetooth keyboards
• Phones (include networking)
• Non-phones

Network Access

• VPNs

File synchronization

• CODA?
• Couchdb
• Version control
• Ubuntu One

Ergonomics

Power

• Big batteries
• Access to outlets
• USB chargers

Increased Wear and Tear

• Comes with the territory
• Some warranties will help

Links

• Sysadmin at Vassar who uses a wearable.
• This presentation: http://www.tummy.com/Community/Presentations/untethered-linux-20101111/