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6 months agoThe idea of “off-grid” here is that you do not require any networking from your usual provider. You set up two devices with meshtastic and you can have connectivity over great distances.
For the decentralized part, I think they mean that you can communicate with any access point in an area without relying on a third party (i.e., make an account on their platform?).
So, off-grid means not relying on existing infrastructure and decentralized implies not having a central figure to relay your data. That’s what I understood from this at least.
The Framework 13 inch model should be plenty, especially if you want to dev on the go. Much more lightweight and smaller, and you can connect it to external monitors if the screen size is not big enough. Also, you shouldn’t have issues running Linux on either laptops.
Instead of going for the 16 version, I would use the extra 900-1000 euros (that’s the amount I saw I could save between the two almost maxed-out models) to make a dedicated server or mini-cluster to run your workloads. Deploy Kubernetes or Proxmox on it, and you’ll also get some more practice on it outside work if you want to run stuff for your home lab. That is only if you don’t want to game on your laptop, but I’d still put that money aside to make a desktop.