Facts!

In big picture mode it’s couch/ controller friendly. In desktop mode you’ll need a mouse. Either way you’ll need a peripheral device for any platform.

Ouch. OK maybe not for me. The size and pocket ability paired with the ability to run Linux us what I want but I haven’t ever had my hands on one to see how ergonomic they are compared to a tablet or small laptop. Thanks for the info. I’ll source other ideas. If you got any feel free.

What about like a win mini 4 where you get the keyboard built in then you don’t need to sit anything down just thumb type. These seem super cool. I don’t understand what a touchpad adds. Other than to mouse scroll. I assume the touchpad is like a laptop.

How would browsing the internet and general phone/PC uses compare to like a Asus ally vs GPD with a little keyboard? Could it replace a phone?

I’m part of the crowd just browsing and have no idea what you just said. Cheers though. You sound like you know what your talking about.

Ryzen 5600g or any higher G model its an APU or 6700xt for a real GPU 6700 is best bang for buck but it fluctuates all the time. All amd systems are much less finnicky than nvidia. Especially on Linux.