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

[Peter Robinson]

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Gordan Bobic <gordan at bobich.net> wrote:
> 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:

You both missed the "but it is only a 10" display" on the other device
he looked at... so I suspect it rules out the AC100 too

Peter