A step-by-step walkthrough of setting up a distraction-free, TTY-only writing laptop (a 'writerdeck') on a System76 Galago Pro using Debian Trixie. The setup covers installing a minimal Debian console environment, configuring kmscon for font scaling, neovim with vimwiki for writing, tmux for terminal multiplexing, syncthing for file sync, and auto-launching everything on boot. The author also reflects on intentional computing and the value of single-purpose devices for focused work.
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