[fedora-arm] Any thoughts on running Fedora+XFCE on an Efika Smartbook?

[Dan Horak]

On Sun, 15 May 2011 12:07:02 +0100
Niels de Vos <devos at fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> Hi list,
> 
> I know that some of you have an Efika Smartbook
> (http://www.genesi-usa.com/products/smartbook) and am interested in
> your opinions on it. I'm looking to getting one myself, but only if
> there are positive experiences with it.
> 
> My normal usage of such a netbook would be some browsing, emailing and
> some development (mainly with vim) while traveling. I assume that the
> 10" display is just big enough for it (a 7" EeePC is a little too
> small).
> 
> Things I'd like some information on:
> - Will XFCE run without major issues?

XFCE (with galeon browser and sylpheed email) runs fine, although resume
after suspend didn't work for me

> - How is the keyboard, are the keys (much) smaller than a standard
> laptop keyboard?

had to re-measure it, but IIRC the Q<->P dimension is about 90% of
desktop keyboard, pressing the Fx keys requires also Fn to be pressed,
the primary function of those key is "multimedia"

> - Is the display good readable when sitting outside, possibly in the sun?
> - Any other pros/cons you can think of.

haven't tried on sun, but the display is the glossy one

My overall feeling from the Smartbook is really positive.


		Dan

PS: written on Smartbook :-)