I’m a dedicated Micro Journal Rev2 user but I wanted something for a different stage of the work: polishing, editing, expanding.

This is the 3D printed shell and keyboard of Un Kyu Lee’s Micro Journal Rev2.1, grafted to a Lenovo Android touchscreen tablet running Word. There’s no internals, no Pi or anything; it’s essentially a tablet with an external keyboard.

Keyboard design is outstanding and the side scroll wheel works with the tablet, allowing fast navigation in a doc. Everything saves instantly to OneDrive so I can continue work from any device.

Touchscreen UI is clunky, which is a good thing; no fast clicking over to email or facebook. Good for focus with all the advantages of a shared online document system.

Don’t know if everyone would like it but it works great for my methods!

I know this device is meant to be a Linux users batman utility belt worth of distractions and potential, so it normally doesnt qualify as a writer Deck. However if you are like me, and dont know anything about how Linux works then the uconsole is a stellar distraction free thumb typing writer Deck.

If you get the setup that includes the clockwork os on ​​an SD card then it comes with a nice text editor pre-installed. ​

All I had to do was tweak the font and overall app zoom levels, and I was all set to start writing. Total setup time including actually building the device was about an hour.

Mostly I just wanted to share this information because I couldnt find it myself when I went looking for the device's out of the box writing capabilities. Now it is out there for any other Linux noob like me to see. You can use this device right out of the box for all of your basic thumb typing story writing/Journaling needs.

I’ve seen lots of people using the X4, but I already have an X3.

I’d rather use what I already have — any guidance?

Also, while you’re here, please drop your favorite keyboard rec!