That actually sounds like it would be totally be ok. If the goal is to get a distraction free writing tool all you really need is something like Vi, emacs or W

That actually sounds like it would be totally be ok. If the goal is to get a distraction free writing tool all you really need is something like Vi, emacs or Wordstar/Joe in a terminal. I never had an ipak but I did have a couple of Sharp Zaurus PDAs running Linux back in the day. Just for kicks. I never did much with them.