[inertial]

I've been searching for a light & thin computing device for intermittent travel needs where I can

- use SSH

- edit & run code (i.e. python / JS etc.)

- preferable running Ubuntu

- form factor of iPad or iPad Pro

- multitask with browser, terminal and editor

Your article is the closest thing I've found so far. The list of tools that you use are also useful, thank you !

If it had Ubuntu, it would have been a perfect solution for me.

[nrp]

I haven't gotten mine yet, but the Planet Computers Gemini is a modern take on the Psion 5 that probably meets your requirements: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gemini-pda-android-linux-...

[kbenson]

That's cool, but oof, that price. I think one of those cheap $200 (just over) laptops you can get on Amazon with USB tethering to my phone would be my choice. Maybe a cheap fabric sleeve case to go with it. Even if I lost one, I could completely replace it and still be under the cost of this setup, and while a small laptop/netbook, it's still very usable. I bought 5 to play with for $DAYJOB the other month, and besides being a pain to get the big windows 10 update on because of low free disk space, they work great.

[cup-of-tea]

I own netbook and before that an actual Psion series 5 and series 7. They all really do seem like a great idea. On the netbook I set the text size tiny so I could still get two columns of 80 char lines. But the problem with all of them is the keyboard. It's just too small. If you're used to typing at a high wpm and use emacs like me then you will feel retarded. I never ended up doing anything productive on any of them.

[varjag]

I stuck to netbooks/sublaptops before and it kinda worked for me, last one was a Lenovo Ideapad. Was eyeing 13" MBPs for quite some time but they are really much more in weight/bulk. But last year went for 12" Mac with RAM maxed to 16gb, couldn't be happier. Almost netbook like outer dimensions: still comfortable to use on the bus/plane. Same weight and thinner, usable keyboard. Great battery life, and enough horsepower even with the m3 cpu. Fanless, just like my Ideapad was!

[inertial]

Looks cool, wish the screen was a bit bigger.. around 9"-10"

[sbov]

If the Linux subsystem on Windows satisfies your Ubuntu requirement, a Surface Pro satisfies all of those requirements.

[inertial]

That's a great suggestion and might work well with vmware.

[satysin]

My ThinkPad X1 Carbon seems to tick all your boxes with the exception of the tablet form factor. I love this thing. I get ~12 hours battery life, can run full-fat Linux and Windows, it has a superb keyboard and trackpad (and TrackPoint!), beautiful screen (I have the HDR model), loads of memory and solid state storage and 4 USB ports! (two type C and two type A). And it only weighs 1.1KG.

I have tried and failed to work on a tablet but they are just too limiting for me as they always rely on a stable internet connection to a VPS which isn't always possible easily and sometimes I just want to get on with work without the internet as a distraction.

[eat_veggies]

The X1 Carbon is a fantastic laptop. The X1 Yoga is basically an X1C that can go tablet or tent mode and has a touch screen. It might be what GP is looking for:

https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-yoga...

[fractallyte]

While waiting for my Youyota Sailfish tablet (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/youyota-sailfish-os-2-in-...), I'm using a Sony Xperia X phone as my travel computer. It was simple to install Sailfish X: https://jolla.com/sailfishx/

Bluetooth is a bit patchy at the moment (the keyboard drops out occasionally); I'm waiting for a software update to fix that. (Jolla's updates are frequent, so I'm not fretting about this.)

Now, it runs Linux, with a proper terminal, and a suite of software - I'm using Emacs with SBCL and Erlang. (I had to compile Erlang - not a problem at all!)

Going through your list:

- SSH 'out-of-the-box'

- Emacs (or Vim)

- not quite Ubuntu; it's RPM based

- a smaller form factor than iPad Pro, but that's what the tablet will hopefully rectify!

- proper multitasking, unlike Android or iOS

Plus, I get telephony, and VPN support in the OS.

Compared to iPad and Android tablets, this is a breath of fresh air - no idiotic hoops to jump through (rooting the machine); simple to transfer files via SD card, USB, or just use SCP from the terminal. Root access is just a 'su' away.

[lostmsu]

Any Windows tablet would do, no?