[fedora-arm] Is it time to get an arm notebook?

[Gordan Bobic]

 On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:41:18 +0200, Nicolas Chauvet <kwizart at gmail.com> 
 wrote:
> 2013/7/30 Robert Moskowitz
>  I need to replace my Lenovo x120e duo core Fedora (F17 still)
> notebook soon; I am getting USB errors...
>
>  So can I get a comparable arm notebook to get better battery etc and
> put F19 on it?  And will I get enough apps (I really only need fairly
> 'basic' 'office' apps) at this time.  Oh and 'cheap' (< $400),
> 200+Gb, and keyboard is manditory :)
>
>  I was pointed to the Asus TF700T, but it is only a 10" display.
>
>  My search fu is typically weak, and I have not found a list of
> systems to evaluate that I could consider.
> I Personally own a Toshiba AC100 which run fedora-19 armhfp with
> completely opensource bootloader, kernel and 2D graphics.
>
> This last is rather good supported for desktop usage.
>  Most of the work is upstream, only missing point is the panel
> activation driver. I've also added and backported few patches:
> http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/kwizart/ac100/ [2]
>
> This device isn't sold anymore, so you might find a second-hand. (If
> one is mad enought to sell such amazing device).
>
> The support for Asus TF700T could be close to the AC100 given that
> they are both tegra based devices, But I doesn't know how close to
> upstream this devices is.

 +1 for the AC100.

 It's not without it's limitations, but there are a number of
 tweaks and modifications that can be applied to it to
 improve it:

 http://www.altechnative.net/tag/ac100/

 Gordan