===== Building a mobile TUI environment =====
  * **Speaker**: nc krantz-abfajer
  * **Room**: 250
  * **Time**: Saturday, [[https://pretalx.seagl.org/2026/talk/9ARKBD.ics|Oct 24th 2:30 – 2:50pm]]

  * **Format**: Talk (20 minutes)
  * **Difficulty**: Intermediate
  * **Track**: Technical
  * **Additional Tags**: TUI, NixOS, Mobile Linux, Huckleberry, Shell Design
  * **Experience**: University of Washington graduate and lifelong (GNU/)Linux user.  

==== Description: ====  
What would a Linux text interface designed for mobile devices look like? This session introduces Huckleberry, a Nix-based distribution featuring a TUI shell intended for small laptops and handheld devices with keyboards. The speaker will walk through the development process—from searching for existing console software to building a bespoke menu-based mobile shell—and discuss the iterative design process of integrating these components into a portable Nix configuration based on early user feedback and real-world testing.

Project URL:  [[https://codeberg.org/pinecone460/huckleberry]]

**Target Audience:**  
  * NixOS users and enthusiasts
  * Mobile Linux and handheld device users
  * Developers interested in TUI and shell design