I love functional prop projects like this and reading through the build log.
How far are you going for the rugged vs prop aesthetic? Have you considered alternative form factor screens? Have you considered something else than an RPi that could work with a GPT/LLM such as an NVidia Jetson (yes, I know, expensive) or a separate compute module? Do you store just things like Wikipedia or a bunch of PDFs such as "Where there is no doctor?" and "Wilderness Survival Guide?" along with other disaster recovery books?
I missed this project the first couple of times it was posted so glad to see if pop up today.
I haven't maintained it like I told myself I would, but regarding an offline repository of useful data, I made a school project a while back that aimed to fill that very niche. It was composed entirely of open source, public domain, and creative commons software, documentation (including survival guides and whatnot), and blueprints (eg buildings, greenhouses, farm equipment, tools, etc) for somebody with no internet connection, and it all fit on 16GB. Originally I distributed it under the Other -> Other category of PirateBay mostly for kicks because it was all free to share and I enjoy the distributed nature of torrents.
I've been tempted to go back and do it better, but then a career and life hit me.
It can be found at signalbundle.com for anyone interested, though I warn you that it's pretty long in the tooth at this point, and I eventually opted to host it on Google Drive for availability reasons, but it's still there if anyone's curious and/or has feedback. :)
How far are you going for the rugged vs prop aesthetic? Have you considered alternative form factor screens? Have you considered something else than an RPi that could work with a GPT/LLM such as an NVidia Jetson (yes, I know, expensive) or a separate compute module? Do you store just things like Wikipedia or a bunch of PDFs such as "Where there is no doctor?" and "Wilderness Survival Guide?" along with other disaster recovery books?
I missed this project the first couple of times it was posted so glad to see if pop up today.