netbook vs tablet

[Alan Cox]

On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:36:41 -0500
Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:

> I am debating getting a netbook to replace my ee701 as a sometime 
> machine or a tablet.  There are a number of options but basically it 
> comes down to what this second device is for.
> 
> What is the progress of Fedora on 'cheap' tablets, as I would like this 
> effort to come in under $100?  I did see one interesting page on Fedora 
> on a tablet: 
> https://nohats.ca/wordpress/blog/2012/07/05/the-chinese-g101-tablet-and-fedora-17-part-1/
> 
> I can't find a price for this, though I could probably get one of my 
> colleagues from Heuwei or China Mobile to bring one to the next IEEE 
> meeting.  Are there affordable atom based tablets?  Seems not. Sigh.
> 
> So the other approach is to just get an Android Tablet referbed and use 
> it for its limited use, to get familiar with tablets already.
> 
> But it sure would be interesting to have a working, cheap, Fedora tablet!

I have an Oaktrail based Q550 x86 tablet and while it will run Fedora I
wouldn't bother. The keyboardless handling on Fedora is a shambles (eg
the screenlock and gdm out of the box don't provide working keyboard) and
the device is basically unusable with Fedora as a result.

Ubuntu on the other hand appears to have gotten most of this working
quite usably as well as having tools/support for a small number of
Android type devices. However its still pretty sluggish IMHO at this point
but it does work.

Alan