netbook vs tablet

[Robert Moskowitz]

On 11/23/2012 11:57 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
> 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.

Fedora 17?  The page I reference seems to have F17 working somewhat 
better than you report.

> 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.

I might as well stay with Android.  I actually have to start working 
with it for my day job.  I work for Verizon Enterprise Systems and my 
research is leading me to working on some product development. Sigh.  I 
LIKE research; kind of like Medcalf back at Xerox....