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

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 07/30/2013 03:51 PM, Gordan Bobic wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 15:43:17 +0200, Robert Moskowitz 
> <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
>> On 07/30/2013 02:54 PM, Peter Robinson wrote:
>>> 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
>>
>> I have an Asus eee900 with F18 that has a 10" screen.  I find it hard
>> to work with for 'real' office docs.  And ppts from windows systems do
>> not render properly (no problem on my Lenovo x120e 12" with F17).
>>
>> So I REALLY like 12" for general use and AIRPLANE use (how do people
>> work with 14" in those squished seating), I have found the 10" format
>> really not enough for general purpose use.
>
> I suspect your opinion is skewed by the fact that most 10"
> screens are 1024x600 which is so inadequate it beggars
> belief that any netbooks were ever sold with that resolution;
> I guess it proves that a lot of people will by any crap as
> long as it's cheap.
>
> You may find that with a higher resolution screen 10" is
> fine - the link I posed earlier shows hot to upgrade
> the AC100 from 1024x600 to 1280x720, which makes all
> the difference between completely unusable and livable
> with IMO. Asus Transformer packs 1920x1080 into 10".
> Google Nexus 10 packs 2560x1600 into 10" (but you'd
> have to get a bluetooth keyboard for it, and probably
> run full fat Linux in a chroot with VNC access from
> Android).

this does put a different perspective ( :) ) on things.  I will look 
into this some more.  Thank you all for the great information.