There's a 3.5 mm audio jack on the MeerKat. You just missed it. That would be a deal breaker for me. Best, Janina Linux for blind general discussion writes: > Yeah, I might could live with only 3 USB-A ports and having to use an > external optical drive, but the MeerKat refusing to boot without a > mouse and monitor would be an absolute deal breaker... also, I heard > mention of HDMI when I checked out it's product page at System 76, but > no mention of 3.5mm audio jacks, which sadly one can no longer take > for granted will be found on new machines. > > Realistically, I'll probably stick with my 2011 HP until the > motherboard dies and then panic due to lack of funds to replace it, > but even if there's no practical way of making it battery powered, the > MeerKat's size is appealing to me for two reasons: > > 1. If I had the MeerKat has my primary workstation, it would be > trivial to pack it up and take it with me if I ever have to travel. > > 2. The room that currently doubles as my bedroom and home office is > quite small, trading out my full-sized desktop for something like the > MeerKat would free up a not insignificant amount of space. > > That said, it feels like there really isn't anything out there that > isn't either crippled by high price, restrictive hardware, or the lack > of a internal battery. > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list