netbook vs tablet

[Fulko Hew]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Alan Cox <alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > Fedora 17?  The page I reference seems to have F17 working somewhat
> > better than you report.
>
> With a keyboard permanently attached ...
>
> > 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....
>
> One of the problems with trying to drop Linux onto most tablets is the
> complete lack of a real disk subsystem, just slow SD card interfaces.
> That really hurts although it can still be usable.


Bad performance could be the result of 'less than optimal' SD cards.
Even slow-rated cards (Class 4) sometimes outperform fast (Class 10) cards
depending on what you do with them.  Checkout the following analysis:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12330898