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8833 · 08-21-2025, 09:12 PM

Nxtpaper 11 is definitely too small for me to use as a desktop. I've been using 12" 16:9 laptop for quite a time, but with age it became a little too small for me. I've bought the 11 tablet only out of curiosity, and it serves only one purpose - to read books in foreign language I'm learning at the moment. I prefer e-ink for books, but when reading in foreign language I need a good dictionary integrated with the reading app to keep the reading flow, learning new words on the go.

I find the 14" really large, because it's 3:2 its height is equal to common 15.6" 16:9 laptop.

The Android exposes the Termux home dir in the File app as if it was a removable drive, that's why I've setup my proot-distro home folder in the special visible path. Then I can use File app to copy to/from Termux to other storage. This little limitation doesn't bother me, seems easy enough to occasionally copy some files.

You can use USB keyboard and mouse. I've connected a simple USB hub and a thunderbolt docking station, both works well. Nonetheless, I prefer to use my ThinkPad Trackpoint II BT keyboard. I guess any USB device will drain battery, whilst I charge my BT keyboard at most once a month. The "onboard" virtual keyboard is really nice too, also everything adapts well to orientation changes.

I do regular rsync backups. I guess I'll do them even more frequently on the tablet. With regular laptop you can always take out the ssd to read it elsewhere, but the moment I break the tablet all data on internal storage will be be gone with it.

VNC offers lower quality than Termux-x11. The latter is using some derivative of VNC protocol if I'm not wrong, but it's much better than any VNC settings I've tried.

Desktop Firefox works well with simple pages, like wikipedia, but most of the web has a lot of bloatware, no only ads, telemetry, etc, but also unnecessary CSS effects which take a toll on the CPU if not accelerated. Someone claims on reddit to have full support for the GPU, but it didn't work for me. In fact I don't care. On Android 14, the Alt+Tab works well so I can use Fennec app for web all the time, though I need to find a way to install "Firefox multi account containers" plugin.

08-21-2025, 09:12 PM	#8
8833 Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 529966 Join Date: Aug 2025 Device: Nxtpaper 11	Nxtpaper 11 is definitely too small for me to use as a desktop. I've been using 12" 16:9 laptop for quite a time, but with age it became a little too small for me. I've bought the 11 tablet only out of curiosity, and it serves only one purpose - to read books in foreign language I'm learning at the moment. I prefer e-ink for books, but when reading in foreign language I need a good dictionary integrated with the reading app to keep the reading flow, learning new words on the go. I find the 14" really large, because it's 3:2 its height is equal to common 15.6" 16:9 laptop. The Android exposes the Termux home dir in the File app as if it was a removable drive, that's why I've setup my proot-distro home folder in the special visible path. Then I can use File app to copy to/from Termux to other storage. This little limitation doesn't bother me, seems easy enough to occasionally copy some files. You can use USB keyboard and mouse. I've connected a simple USB hub and a thunderbolt docking station, both works well. Nonetheless, I prefer to use my ThinkPad Trackpoint II BT keyboard. I guess any USB device will drain battery, whilst I charge my BT keyboard at most once a month. The "onboard" virtual keyboard is really nice too, also everything adapts well to orientation changes. I do regular rsync backups. I guess I'll do them even more frequently on the tablet. With regular laptop you can always take out the ssd to read it elsewhere, but the moment I break the tablet all data on internal storage will be be gone with it. VNC offers lower quality than Termux-x11. The latter is using some derivative of VNC protocol if I'm not wrong, but it's much better than any VNC settings I've tried. Desktop Firefox works well with simple pages, like wikipedia, but most of the web has a lot of bloatware, no only ads, telemetry, etc, but also unnecessary CSS effects which take a toll on the CPU if not accelerated. Someone claims on reddit to have full support for the GPU, but it didn't work for me. In fact I don't care. On Android 14, the Alt+Tab works well so I can use Fennec app for web all the time, though I need to find a way to install "Firefox multi account containers" plugin.