On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:36:41 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am debating getting a netbook to replace my ee701 as a sometime > machine or a tablet. There are a number of options but basically it > comes down to what this second device is for. > > What is the progress of Fedora on 'cheap' tablets, as I would like this > effort to come in under $100? I did see one interesting page on Fedora > on a tablet: > https://nohats.ca/wordpress/blog/2012/07/05/the-chinese-g101-tablet-and-fedora-17-part-1/ > > I can't find a price for this, though I could probably get one of my > colleagues from Heuwei or China Mobile to bring one to the next IEEE > meeting. Are there affordable atom based tablets? Seems not. Sigh. > > So the other approach is to just get an Android Tablet referbed and use > it for its limited use, to get familiar with tablets already. > > But it sure would be interesting to have a working, cheap, Fedora tablet! I have an Oaktrail based Q550 x86 tablet and while it will run Fedora I wouldn't bother. The keyboardless handling on Fedora is a shambles (eg the screenlock and gdm out of the box don't provide working keyboard) and the device is basically unusable with Fedora as a result. Ubuntu on the other hand appears to have gotten most of this working quite usably as well as having tools/support for a small number of Android type devices. However its still pretty sluggish IMHO at this point but it does work. Alan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
