Here's my "adventure" with Sasha :D - for just 2 days out of 60 hahaha. Look....I had work to do on TROM okay!? Had to go back, ok!? haha. No but I didn't even plan for going with her at all of course. It was her adventure. I just joined for the first 2-3 days. From now on the videos are getting better and better.

Oh and we used a big camera to film for these 2-3 days and the settings were all messed up so the quality is not good at all. But is just this video.

Sasha, the girl who I feel was born out of nature, like a tree gave birth to her because she loves nature so much. :)

Sasha

2022-11-12 12:18:40

Day 1 & 2 of my big hike from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic across the Pyrenees Mountains-
https://videos.trom.tf/w/u62qwfJkodtERaA7icQCZX

Thanks @Tio for joining me for the first 20 km of the trail! And thanks for taking some stuff out of my ultraheavy backpack! :D

aand also thank you for setting up this great PeerTube instance :) It turns out that uploading videos to PeerTube is much faster than uploading them to YouTube- and much less confusing! :D
Not to mention no ads, no data collection, no google evil, and all that :D

videos.trom.tf: GR11 Day 1 - Cap de Creus to Port de la Selva (Big World small Sasha)

GR11 Day 1 - Cap de Creus to Port de la Selva

Day 1 & 2 of my big hike from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic across the Pyrenees Mountains! Thanks Tio for joining me for the first 20 km of the trail! And thanks for taking some stuff out of my ultraheavy backpack! 😄

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I found another candidate for my future laptop TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 16 - Gen7

Still super expensive but maybe I'll manage to save some money and I may do a donation campaign since 90% of my computer use is for TROM anyway :P - and a new one will help me be "mobile" and when I'll move next year. Anyway, I will stop with this obsession for now, and will get back to TROM II.

Basically so far it is either:
- Framework: very expensive for what hardware provides, the screen is too small for me, but the repairability and upgradeability is amazing.
- Slimbook Executive 16: well built, from Spain, 3 year warranty, a beast overall, perfect screen size, but damn expensive.
- TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro 16 - Gen7: overall a beast, well built, and can get it cheaper. Only 2 year warranty tho. Perfect screen size. So far this one is the most tempting.

Ok ok, TROM II..... :D

Although the framework laptop is amazing in terms of how it is designed (so easy to repair and upgrade), it is really expensive for what it provides. For example the Slimbook Executive 16 is a beast. The CPU and dedicated GPU are far superior to even the most expensive (over 2k) Framework. And a much bigger screen.

I was thinking these days about this idea of the Framebook. I love it, but let's be honest about some things. For laptops most of the time what you need to upgrade are the RAM and storage space. Most of the time, by far. And most laptops allow you to do that quite easily.

Battery? Yeah, after a few years of use is good to be able to renew it. Many laptops still allow for that. The Slimbook sells batteries too so likely it is not that hard to replace.

What else? CPU/GPU? Framework is the only one that allows you to upgrade the CPU with the integrated GPU, HOWEVER you basically replace the entire motherboard for a massive price.

What else? Webcam? Maybe if Framework will provide better webcams in the future can be worth upgrading. However personally I do not use the webcam of the laptop. The rest are not really important unless something breaks.

So in terms of real upgradability, at least for my case, it makes no difference if I were to buy a Slimbook. How many times one wants to replace a monitor hinge? The screen? .... and if you really need a new screen it is likely yours broke so it is already an issue and takes time to replace. I bet is not that hard with the Slimbook.

The expansion cards of the Framework.

OK.

A 16inch super powerful laptop like the Slimbook Executive 16 seems to be the perfect one for me in all regards. But to buy it with all I need, it would be around 2k Euros. This is an enormous amount of money for me. Maybe next year close to when TROM II will be released or after, I can make a donation campaign to maybe get some help :D - my goal is to move all of my work for TROM and all of the children projects, from a bulky and poorly built laptop, and a shoe-box full of HDDs, to a portable and powerful laptop. For example a powerful CPU allows me to more quickly make ISOs for TROMjaro. Now I have to wait around 40-50 minutes for one to be done and I normally make several a month to test stuff.

And ofc, doing videos, books-design, so many files that I have, server management and moving of files, and testing stuff in VMs for TROMjaro, takes a lot of power.

I would love to take all of the mess I have right now in terms of hardware, and squeeze it into a well built laptop that I can take with me anywhere.

Let's see....but it is good to do a lot of research before buying such super expensive devices. And mind you, I would not buy anything if it were not for managing so much stuff/projects and having so many files and the need for a powerful computer + me moving at the end of the next year, hopefully in a motorhome. Most tech is still BS in my view. I do not need a 2k or 4k screen since it makes no difference for a 16inch monitor. I also do not need a beefy computer that is well beyond my use. Or fancy shit.

Ok. Done. :)