Linux in your pocket / SQFMI Beepy

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This is a tiny computer that fits in the palm of your hand. A pocketable cyberdeck. The full power of linux. Hackable. Tactile. Simple. Featuring a very unique reflective memory lcd, a physical keyboard and powered by a Raspberry Pi Zero. This is Beepy by SQFMI. Very useful as a portable pen-testing tool or for SSH'ing in to a server for some quick maintenance. It suffers from one huge flaw though.
My stand for Beepy: www.printables.com/model/9125...
Waitlist for next Beepy: beepy.sqfmi.com/
Beepy Discord server: / discord
Color Beepy Discord server: / discord
0:00 Intro
0:45 What can you do with it?
2:24 The hardware
4:08 Keyboard shortcuts and modifier keys
5:21 The big problem with Beepy
6:16 How to get a Beepy
7:08 Outro

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30 июн 2024

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@tommy8k 7 дней назад

wow, a lot of hate for this in the comments… It’s a nice piece of quirky tech - a few people buying this to play around with is hardly generating ewaste, especially when the keyboard is repurposed from a blackberry and you could use the pi in other projects if you no longer want to use it with this. I talk to my friends through matrix so this paired with a terminal matrix client could be neat for when I’m not at my computer.

@SonicJ2 6 дней назад

Since you're one of the top comments I need to cling on and ask, whats up with the comments? Sorted by new they are all strange and about random geopolitical events or wars. whats up with that? I just wanted to know what the song that played at 0:00 was.

@shemlesh 5 дней назад

the issue is it has to beat an old android phone and a bluetooth/usb otg keyboard which IMHO, it doesn't, postmarketOS makes a lot of older powerful devices go a long way, only issue is the lack of mainline kernel support for a lot of phones, but you can even tape a zero style SBC to the back of it and ssh in from the phone, works great and costs very little in comparison, I get about 36 hours on a single charge with a battery bank, and all it cost was stuff I had lying around my apartment and an OTG adapter. I'd rather see investment in postmarketOS and the like than vaporware like these things, they're fine as a niche but it really doesn't solve anything that can't be done with a bit of patience and time invested

@3ckya 16 дней назад

I liked that blackberry keyboard It's a classic

@ahmedkasses5989 10 дней назад

Fun fact: This keyboard came out of the Blackberry Q20 which known as "Blackberry Classic" too

@3ckya 9 дней назад

@@ahmedkasses5989 0.0 I see

@jose.inestroza День назад

Congratulations. What a great video, very well explained, organized. The script is very interesting, well written. The video editing is professional; very striking.

@pixpnd 10 дней назад

Informative video, thanks! And sick music in the intro, I like your choice

@FullDupl3x 8 дней назад

Subscribed. Great video, great music. Well written script!

@sqfmi 11 дней назад

Awesome video and love the mods!

@zajlord2930 15 дней назад

holy shit, never seen such an effective intro (the music choice was superb) like i rarely get pulled into the video like this (i was going to just turn it on and off to have it in history for later but after the intro i had to watch it)

@Anatoli-y 9 дней назад

Nice LG TV on background.. love it Remembering me of childhood, when i used it with ps1

@yusefaslam9675 6 дней назад

great video, you've earned a new sub!

@mr_mr 4 дня назад

The color one looks pretty cool. Hope it starts to ship

@TalkingSasquach 16 дней назад

So happy to be first. Love everything you do!

@ThomSonnyYeah 15 дней назад

I have the colour version you mentioned at the end of the video. I highly recommend it.

@VeniceInventors 5 дней назад

Where can I find the color version?

@rollotomasi1832 4 дня назад

Link please?

@korzeTV 10 дней назад

bro this is a fucking video. good damn job! I love your style here!

@fullstackcrackerjack 9 дней назад

Word!

@ladams391 6 дней назад

It would be really cool to see a version of this (or a competing product) that uses the keyboard, form factor, and square aspect ratio of the Blackberry passport. As many software problems as that phone had, the keyboard and text-centric form factor made it one of my favorite mobile device experiences to date, and taking those elements from it and using them in a Linux pocket computer like this one would be an instant purchase for me (provided it didn't share the few crippling issues this device has).

@H3li0s85 15 дней назад

Cool video thx🎉

@iblackfeathers 16 дней назад

i was on the mailing list for over a year and a few months & still no developments. someday hopefully there will be an acceptable linux pocket terminal.

@goiterlanternbase 8 дней назад

4:30 A backlit keyboard, but not a single light source for the display🤣👍

@nuclearnyanboi 7 дней назад

you coul make your own screen light. it's an open source project after all

@goiterlanternbase 7 дней назад

@@nuclearnyanboi Thats fine, but you not seem to get the humor of the developer🤣 Btw. Just change the screen.

@nuclearnyanboi 6 дней назад

@@goiterlanternbase yea lol

@PaulSpades 13 дней назад

My 6 year old Garmin fenix has a colour memory-in-pixel display, and they didn't have any trouble implementing a backlight.

@SianaGearz 10 дней назад

Well the problem is that a small operation like this can't order a custom display module from Sharp, and the back of these is silvered, it doesn't have a removable lightbox. Besides not all memory LCD types can even fundamentally be converted to backlight. Frontlight is perhaps an option.

@PaulSpades 9 дней назад

@@SianaGearz That entirely depends if Sharp wants to develop new products. They might do a few low yield production runs with small orders to offset development. You don't know unless you talk to them.

@SianaGearz 9 дней назад

@@PaulSpades It's Sharp, they don't talk to you. The bureaucratic layer is too thick.

@totalkiller4 13 дней назад

Was so hyped to buy one but so heartbroken when you said it was pulled :( can't wait till it's back

@Matt-so3nm 7 дней назад

This is so cool

@LegitHATZ 15 дней назад

with all those pins on the edge of the pcb near the screen i bet you could hook up some low power leds to light up the display and 3d print a new top case with a bezel to hide them wish i could get my hands on one the blackberry keyboard is top tier

@sn0ren 15 дней назад

Good idea. They are GPIO pins so you could also control it from software.

@zajlord2930 15 дней назад

if ppl are interested in this they might find termux interesting too. its the same thing but its an app for your phone. great for emergencies if u need to ssh to your server or something

@huntermirror 10 дней назад

The problem is not getting a terminal in a mobile device, the problem is that mobile device doesn't have a physical keyboard

@fangleone7566 9 дней назад

@@huntermirrorand also that a mobile device is usually not as repairable, upgradable, or extendable. This is just more fun.

@eldino 9 дней назад

The two killer features of this device are the hardware keyboard and a desktop OS. You missed both.

@0xKruzr 8 дней назад

@@eldino specifically wrt "desktop OS" -- i.e., "a normal GNU userland instead of that bizarre nonsense Google uses for Android"

@67fabs 16 дней назад

I know I would have to resist to buy a device like this one because I already know I would stop using it after a few weeks but I love the nostalgia vibe it brings to me when I was discovering Linux (2.0 at that time I think). Maybe it's due to the colorless terminal or the simplicity of the device :)

@sn0ren 15 дней назад

I know! I get that feeling when I set up a new raspberry pi. This device definitely scratches that itch.

@squirlmy 12 дней назад

Debian 2.0 came out in '98. Are you referring to just the kernel? No specific distro? I bought the Debian CD form a vendor's desk(imagine that!) because it could boot up, before (and for many distros after) you had to boot from 3.5 floppy, and copy files to hard drive. I love the OPTION of a monochrome terminal, but as a daily driver? ugh

@morgantrevino4881 День назад

The blackberry has returned from beyond the grave.

@truko22 7 дней назад

Nice 🤩

@0xKruzr 8 дней назад

I think what I really want is kind of a hybrid between this and a Clockwork uConsole.

@Ajarylee-qh9ln 9 дней назад

I understand the appeal of a simpler device - something like this is *easier* to tinker with than an Android phone. But the capabilities are also not comparable. This is a portable terminal. A smartphone is a portable terminal *and* pretty much everything else you can imagine.

@meneerjansen00 12 дней назад

Thanks or the warning about the "self destruct" chip.

@desktorp 9 дней назад

What I really want is a barebones cell phone with blackberry style keyboard for texting.

@sn0ren 9 дней назад

That would be cool too. It’s too bad that no one are really making new phones with physical keyboards anymore.

@desktorp 9 дней назад

@@sn0ren My first phone was a Palm Pixi.. I used it for many years until Verizon refused to reactivate it. RIP qwertyphones

@sn0ren 7 дней назад

I had a Nokia e61 for a while. It was great!

@gluttonousmaximus9048 5 дней назад

Can't decide which display would have been better for this, but let's just say that this non-backlit screen makes way more sense for a handheld that doesn't really rely on intense graphics and that can be remotely accessed, makes more sense compared to a gaming handheld. So there.

@SonicJ2 6 дней назад

I need to know what that first song is, it’s so catchy!

@yamcube 5 дней назад

Yo, this looks really cool > powered by a raspberry pi. NVM

@zogiamasula5354 9 дней назад

omg i see that palm tungsten c!

@igorperuchi2114 9 дней назад

Looks like a reincarnation of the PocketCHIP!

@sn0ren 9 дней назад

Yeah! I had a PocketCHIP. Unfortunately it had a terrible screen, even worse keyboard and was really slow. Love these concepts though.

@armisis 5 дней назад

Been waiting...

@trayvibez399 9 дней назад

Dwarf fortress in the pocket. Nice.

@abdallahnatsheh464 15 дней назад

you can use beeper project with it to run all your social media messages that comes with beeper project with it

@iusearchbtw69 2 дня назад

Suddenly i missed my old blackberry phone :'(

@ukaszwieczorek211 8 дней назад

Oh no, my home budget... Next toy I want, and it will be decorating my drawers :-)

@livvy94 6 дней назад

This reminds me of the PocketChip, which I swill own after all these years. Sadly the RAM has gone bad, so it's also bricked... Hopefully Beepy V2 will be better

@amigaworkbench720 8 дней назад

I remember there was gameboy emulator that was using terminal buffer for graphics. So maybe you can run your gameboy games on Beepy?

@tutacat 4 дня назад

Did they add GSM hardware?

@TaylorTheOtter 6 дней назад

I really want one but I know I won't use it since I don't really do much programming anymore... Still a very cool device!

@silvioccruz 16 дней назад

I want to buy one of these and bring it to Brazil

@NicksStuff 13 дней назад

Pine64 has a phone that's meant to be hacked and run any Linux distro you want

@squirlmy 12 дней назад

what's the price difference, though?

@NicksStuff 12 дней назад

@@squirlmy I don't know how much a Beepy is 🤷‍♂️

@Armand79th 10 дней назад

Let us know when Pine64 actually *SUPPORTS* their own products. DON'T BUY FROM THEM.

@gabriellevesque2185 9 дней назад

@@Armand79th Explain?

@o0julek0o 8 дней назад

@@NicksStuff$80

@trektn 6 дней назад

If you guys can find a blackberry key2 thats basically what this is but classy whereas this is like hobbyist if that's more your thing, also has more power too and a cellular modem, they're getting harder and harder to find

@girlyvoice3210 12 дней назад

I'd love an eink display on the back

@AudisioOficiaI 8 дней назад

bro we use the same wallpaper!!!

@notafbihoneypot8487 16 дней назад

Based

@fabianlehman 8 дней назад

Yah, we vant zee pancakes, Lebowski!

@stalbaum 9 дней назад

Can it run pine and do text messages? I'd almost... Palm OS, oh hell yeah.

@fangleone7566 9 дней назад

Text messages can be done through beeper

@stalbaum 9 дней назад

@@fangleone7566 tnx

@DirtyPlumbus 15 дней назад

This has been on my "want but not buying" list for a while.

@CaribouDataScience 13 дней назад

How much?

@br3nd4n 14 дней назад

I’m feeling strong @Posy vibes

@No_True_Scotsman 9 дней назад

This is like saying any American is giving Tom Cruise vibes because they have the same accent

@sn0ren 9 дней назад

Who?

@matt92hun 8 дней назад

This is what computers will be like in 1990.

@gsestream 10 дней назад

blackberry much, pretty handy

@YokomoHoyo 5 дней назад

I you don’t have a life but this.

@powerdude_dk 10 дней назад

Såååehh.. Er der andre danskere herinde :P

@Robtor. День назад

I have been on the waiting list for more than two years, but still no response...

@vulonkaaz 14 дней назад

I bought one, after like less than a day the power chip got cooked can't turn on anymore I complained, after *a few months* they sent a new one, the power chip cooked itself again and even faster than the last one

@sn0ren 14 дней назад

Man that sucks. I saw someone do a mod with a few wires that makes it possible to power from usb, bypassing the battery.

@CaribouDataScience 13 дней назад

Reminds me of a BlackBerry😮

@squirlmy 12 дней назад

Haha! It's hard not to with the BlackBerry logo on the keyboard!!! The keyboards are re-purposed BlackBerry keyboards, so that's no coincidence.

@JulsGeekPI 3 дня назад

lora meshtastic?

@DanteLeoncini 9 дней назад

I already know where to do the port of Blendersito xD

@davidkim8343 5 дней назад

어디에다가 사용해야 할지...

@MrWaalkman 9 дней назад

Makes me want to bust out my Agenda and play with it. :)

@xTHETRINCHOx 8 дней назад

I just TERMUX for that... In colour

@xTHETRINCHOx 8 дней назад

Or take my 6 hours batt pocketchip

@delresearch5416 13 часов назад

It needs a better screen and a more powerfull zero board. And a wifi adaptor with monitor mode.

@debayanabae87 9 дней назад

Can anyone tell me the cost of it ?

@armisis 5 дней назад

It's almost like a CHiP

@OMNI_INFINITY 10 дней назад

Was sn0ren on freenode? Seems a familiar nick.

@sn0ren 10 дней назад

I was on freenode as “srn”

@OMNI_INFINITY 10 дней назад

@@sn0ren Ah, OK👍🏻

@cybernit3 12 дней назад

Well they should fix those problems; like have 80 column color lcd and a fast charge circuit.

@armisis 5 дней назад

Uconsole?

@No_True_Scotsman 9 дней назад

TWENTY HOURS?!?

@victorycalibre9320 13 дней назад

genius one🔥👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🏆

@jpl9148 15 дней назад

I dont think I will be able to see that small font

@CralexKokiri 16 дней назад

I was thinking "oh, it can't be that bad," but yikes! Those are a nasty pair of problems it has.

@computerpastiche 8 дней назад

in instaled linux on mac computer

@atabac 11 дней назад

is that open source?

@sn0ren 11 дней назад

Yes

@cdl0 11 дней назад

Danish sunshine is probably an oxymoron. 🙂

@DavidKyazze-Ntwatwa 6 дней назад

Just get a m5 mini keyboard a raspberry pi zero and a cheap yellow display and you’re good to go. Or save yourself some money and get a lily deck

@o0julek0o 8 дней назад

If it was actually possible to buy it...

@byte.raccoon 9 дней назад

very cool thing, but absolutely useless, because all required stuff I can do from my phone

@WheezerOfJuice 16 дней назад

These devices are always cool but then there's always a catch. Ugh!

@oidpolar6302 12 дней назад

Looks a bit like uConsole one.

@illiteratebeef 16 дней назад

I have a SQFMI watchy and have found the company frustrating to deal with as a maker. Questionable documentation, the first version being more a beta with broken features, then afterwards opaque hardware versioning that effects how you program for it, etc. It's cool to see the playdate screen in something else, but I would never trust that hardware manufacturer to come up with something wholly functional.

@sn0ren 15 дней назад

It's too bad because the concept is awesome

@eekee6034 13 дней назад

They sound a lot like many Linux software projects in the 00s: hobbyists just doing their thing, not realising how much extra responsibility and workload comes with making their work public. I guess the use of a Pi could be taken as a yellow flag (if not a red flag); Pis have never been the most open or best value hardware and it's worth shopping for other options.

@squirlmy 12 дней назад

@@eekee6034 best value? What are you comparing to? Libre boards have been more "open", but more expensive, Orange Pi zero and Geniatech zero might be alternatives, but where else, for less, are you going to source wholesale numbers of boards? The only options for an entire computer are cheap China products, and you won't find better quality there. For a niche project like this you're talking nonsense. And China chip-makers are going bankrupt in the thousands, so expect even less alternatives in the future.

@eekee6034 8 дней назад

@@squirlmy Well, to be honest, it's old info. Sometimes I forget how old my memories are. The Pi 4 was the first good Pi, there were plenty better alternatives before it, especially when the first Pi launched. I didn't know how many chip-makers are going bankrupt, so maybe it's a good thing the Pi range is so popular. As for wholesale though, it was buying retail which was harder before the Pi. Some parts seemed to be only available singly in expensive dev kits, though that was starting to change.

@x7heDeviLx 6 дней назад

All androids run a Linux distro so isn’t that Linux in our pocket

@blarghblargh 3 дня назад

android doesn't surface a linux-like interface. so yes and very much no

@dillacorn_linux 10 дней назад

That is a blackberry keyboard.

@boofmeanythingra 12 дней назад

Net BSD on a pda, Anyone?

@jezura777 6 дней назад

Well it is sad that you can't call from it.

@blarghblargh 3 дня назад

many of us consider that a bonus

@Armand79th 10 дней назад

*IF* they will let you buy one...

@vandarkholme4745 7 дней назад

A lot of hate in the comments. Useless, and e waste, yeah yeah, but it's cute

@danielktdoranie 12 дней назад

It needs 5G

@squirlmy 12 дней назад

add a 5G board yourself!

@SCHaworth 6 дней назад

its cute but... termux? (but, keyboard) Yeah ok.

@BLuNTEDR 16 дней назад

Bro made a Blackberry

@lordwiadro83 9 дней назад

It's just some electronic waste. Forget it and keep the planet clean.

@paulvanrompaye 7 дней назад

It weighs, what? 200 grams? That's about 1/7500th of a car. If you think phones are somehow a bigger environmental problem than cars, you have been misinformed.

@leoncoolmoon 6 дней назад

a Mobile is enough if you don't need gpio.

@lordwiadro83 6 дней назад

@@paulvanrompaye Why do you even bring cars into this discussion? The topic is consumer electronics. This device he shows is totally useless and only adds to the mountains of electronic waste that we generate every year.

@eobet 8 дней назад

Cool, expect the part where it’s powered by the surveilance cop company that just went full enshittification by going public.

@blarghblargh 3 дня назад

who's that

@SimplySuperior 16 дней назад

Or you just use a phone with termux

@93vxhybridhatchback 15 дней назад

Depending on use case, that'd work. For some, the beepy is a great device.

@sn0ren 15 дней назад

I don’t like touch screens :(

@Thadopeera 15 дней назад

@@sn0renI hate touching my screens 😫😫😫

@Determinator21 15 дней назад

But you like barely accurate and small keypads?@@sn0ren

@sn0ren 15 дней назад

This physical keyboard is much more accurate than any touchscreen keyboard.

@Michael-it6gb 12 дней назад

The real question is. Why would I waste my time on it?

@squirlmy 12 дней назад

as if your time is so valuable 😏 it's just a fun toy, or will be maybe someday

@OMNI_INFINITY 10 дней назад

"linux in the pocket"....is called ANDROID. WTF... I had linux in My pocket 10 calendar years ago.

@TalmidAndy 15 дней назад

Overpriced and underpowered unobtanium. A very interesting toy for someone who has more money than they know what to do with but not a practical tool in any sense.

@squirlmy 12 дней назад

someone who has more money than they know what to do with buys a new Airbook. This is cheap nostalgia in comparison. Perhaps just as much as waste, but don't use the phrase "more money than they know what to do with" if it's not $$$

@No_True_Scotsman 9 дней назад

79$ is hardly overpriced