Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux

I backed this project: https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-paper-monitor on Crowd Supply to see how close they can come to a "monitor" experience with an e-paper display.

I hacked together a HDMI e-ink monitor https://barwap.com/projects/okmonitor/

I wanted an e-ink screen I could just plug-in. Versatile, big and cheap. Connection is via a VGA or HDMI. Works like an appliance. All automated. Wireless.

Specifications: 1024x768, 6fps, lag: ~1.2s, Connection: VGA or HDMI Specifications Single Screen: 1024x768, 5fps, lag: ~1.2s, Connection: VGA or HDMI

Dasung 253 is a 25.3 inch eink display.

https://shop.dasung.com/products/dasung-25-3-e-ink-monitor-p...

I bought it two years ago for over $1800, and I have to say, it was worth every single dollar.

I can read on it, work on it, (kind of) watch youtube videos on it, play (some) RTS game on it. And mine only had 33hz refresh rate, not the latest 60hz.

I’d really like a Linux laptop with an e-ink screen. I’m well aware of the downsides.

It seems Android tablet with a keyboard or Windows laptop with double screen exist but to live with the limitations of such a screen, nothing would top having full control of the OS interface.

I love when a blog post starts with demonstration of end result.

I don't really want an e-ink "monitor" as that does not really play into the advantages of an e-ink display. By the time the e-ink display is uprated enough to act as a monitor It feels like a lot of the advantages of e-ink are lost and the display server does not really downrate enough to utilize e-ink's strength.

But an e-ink "terminal" would be nice, not an actual tty but something more like a tablet form factor that has a few buttons, little to no internal smarts and you can push images to it.

Since Boox runs android, you can also run a shell on it using termius and simply ssh to a host device instead of setting up vnc, if you have a terminal based workflow.

Benefits aside, but the latency / refresh rate makes it not usable for practical purpose, ergonomics nightmare.

What's the cheapest eInk display one can get, like phone sized or tablet sized? I mean just for experimentation.

This is basically impossible due to **** animations everywhere.

Reading this on my eink Bigme Hibreak pro :).

So it is vim on the eink screen, mostly?

When writing a lot of LaTeX I wished I had an eink monitor. LaTeX already takes a moment to compile. I’d probably want vim on a conventional monitor.

I've tried this setup (and a different setup using a capture card) with a BOOX Note Max but the input latency is just too high to be usable, even for simple cli work.

Are the dedicated eink monitors (like Dasung) better in this regard?

I wonder if xpra can be used for this, seems to work really nice on thin clients

The main thing I'd miss with this, versus using an actual e-ink monitor, is the ability to refresh/clear ghosting from a keyboard hotkey.

There are directly ekink monitors now.

Dasung 13k color is workable-ish even on MacOS with no tweaks.

I see btop in the video, I'd like to see a video of btop on that screen.

Any suggested eink tablet with higher refresh that this would work better for?

How long will the display last like this?