Screen Free Writing With the Alphasmart

Jan 29, 2023

For ages, I’ve have an AlphaSmart 3000. It is a nice distraction free-writing tool.

Setup the Headless Computer to Start without An X Server

Edit /etc/default/grub with your favourite editor, e.g. nano:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Find this line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

Change it to:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"

Update GRUB:

sudo update-grub

USERNAME
PASSWORD
ed ~/alphasmart-$(date --iso=second).txt
a
this is some text from the AlphaSmart
.
w
q
⏎
⏎
exit
⏎

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