[fedora-arm] [Fwd: Re: Genesi notebook?]

[Zoltan Hoppar]

Good questions. Hopefully they can answer to them.

2013/1/10 Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net>

> The real question is whether it will:
>
> 1) Correct the issues that made the original largely unusable
> without some hacking (e.g. the "0-button mouse":
> http://www.altechnative.net/**2011/06/07/genesi-efika-mx-**
> smartbooks-0-button-mouse/<http://www.altechnative.net/2011/06/07/genesi-efika-mx-smartbooks-0-button-mouse/>)
>
> 2) Be an improvement on the Chromebook's spec
> (specifically: more RAM and higher res screen than the
> Chromebook)
>
> I loved the original Efika MX Smartbook, but it was thoroughly
> overshadowed by the AC100 once the community got the kernel
> support for the hardware fully sorted out. Let's hope that the
> new model doesn't suffer the same fate even before it's release
> date...
>
> Gordan
>
>
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:11:56 +0100, Dan Horák <dan at danny.cz> wrote:
>
>> -------- Přeposlaná zpráva --------
>> Od: Raquel and Bill <bbrv at genesi-usa.com>
>> Komu: Dan Horák <dan at danny.cz>
>> Předmět: Re: [fedora-arm] Genesi notebook?
>> Datum: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:05:25 -0600
>>
>> Hi, there is a new version of the Efika MX Smartbook that has just
>> started to be produced by our licensee in Mexico. It will be generally
>> available in a couple of months. It will be fully hackable, as its
>> predecessor. Please email us if you have questions. We appreciate the
>> interest.
>>
>> Best regards, R&B
>>
>> On Thursday, January 10, 2013, Dan Horák wrote:
>>         David Rusling píše v Čt 10. 01. 2013 v 10:28 +0000:
>>         > I agree, plus it runs Fedora (18) nicely, if without GPU
>>         acceleration.
>>
>>         all true, only the keyboard layout is a bit weird though
>>
>>
>>         Dan
>>
>>         > Dave
>>         >
>>         > On 10 Jan 2013, at 10:07, Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net>
>>         wrote:
>>         >
>>         > > On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:45:39 +0100, Zoltan Hoppar
>>         <hopparz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>         > >> Hi,
>>         > >>
>>         > >> I'm interested to have an ARM based notebook, just as I
>>         have noticed
>>         > >> at Genesi the Efika MX notebook has turned into an
>>         end-of-life product
>>         > >> - and no new machine on the horizon. Is there similar
>>         product that
>>         > >> Fedora has image for it, or it can be run Fedora?
>>         > >
>>         > > Until recently Toshiba AC100 has been a superb choice (see
>>         here for
>>         > > some of my articles on various mods applicable to it:
>>         > > http://www.altechnative.net/**tag/ac100/<http://www.altechnative.net/tag/ac100/>)
>>         > >
>>         > > The recent Chromebook utterly blows it away, though, and is
>>         almost
>>         > > certainly your best choice at the moment.
>>         > >
>>         > > Gordan
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