Developer Alireza Alavi reported strained eyes after 14 hours of reviewing software licenses, so he addressed the issue by using an ePaper tablet as a secondary display. While you can purchase data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/portable-monitors/e-paper-hits-75-hz-to-better-suit-productivity-tasks-kits-in-two-screen-sizes-go-up-for-pre-order-starting-at-usd199″ data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/portable-monitors/e-paper-hits-75-hz-to-better-suit-productivity-tasks-kits-in-two-screen-sizes-go-up-for-pre-order-starting-at-usd199″>a purpose-built ePaper monitor, it will cost an additional $199. So, Alavi instead used an old Onyx Boox Note Air 2 tablet he had lying around at home. According to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://alavi.me/blog/e-ink-tablet-as-monitor-linux/” data-url=”https://alavi.me/blog/e-ink-tablet-as-monitor-linux/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>the dev, he used the tablet to mirror his laptop display, allowing him to glance at it if he needed to see a color version of the app he’s working…
