Regarding really tiny laptops - there actually are some on the market now. All chinese and based on the Pentium N100 or similar. There is the Chuwi Minibook X (10.51"), it gets quite good reviews, and two Topton devices (I think they are the original brand, of the Aliexpress models at least, but I might be wrong), a 7 inch device that looks a little bit like a miniature ThinkPad (model name might be L4) and a newer 8 inch laptop with a rotating screen (P8). If I got that right the Chuwi goes up to 12W, the others only to 6W, which should make a big difference for the processor. But it might be enough anyway for browsing, Youtube, some SSH when a server needs a restart and maybe even some very light coding?<p>Sadly all of them have spotty Linux support, and a Windows device is no use to me as a travel companion, for which they might be great solutions otherwise.<p>There is also the GPD Pocket 4 as a high class option, 8.8″, but that's too expensive for me for the few days a year the device might be in use. Similar for the One-Netbook 5, besides that being not in stock. Both of these look like the models the three above copy.<p>Old netbooks seem to be a no-go, they are all too chunky and weak and can't even play videos in proper resolutions (reviews of the time suggest that Intel managed to equip the later netbooks with a "better" processor that lacked hardware support for video decoding). MacBook Air 11" sounds like a good option at first, but with the huge bezels it's not actually that small, not smaller than a modern 13" Macbook Air, is it? And I'm unclear on how well the old Macbook would work with Linux now.<p>If I missed a great option, or one of the cheap ones is actually fine with Linux now - though the Chuwi gets new revisions regularly, so that's hard to guarantee - please let me know.