Been daydreaming about taking on my first #diy_electronics build. I'd like to make a clamshell, portable #palmtop of sorts running #Linux on #RaspberryPi, preferably with a #mechanicalkeyboard. It'd act as a simple, distraction-free word processor; I'd only be using #SublimeText and/or #emacs to write poetry, fiction, blog posts, and essays.

I've never done anything like this before. But after undertaking minor tech repairs/upgrades I want to give myself a challenge.

Caveat: I don't have soldering experience and I don't have a 3D printer, either. I reckon there's services where you can pay to get stuff printed for you?

I'm nervous to try soldering but I think it would be fun to learn and allow me to take on a lot of other projects.

I'm envisioning something like this: http://penkesu.computer/. Perhaps with bevels on the chassis so it's more comfortable to write.

Not sure what to tag this as lol.

Ty!