[kwlug-disc] Thank you to the people with Linux touchscreen suggestions

Tue Apr 24 22:58:09 EDT 2018

Khalid,

According to Ubuntu:

https://certification.ubuntu.com/catalog/component/dmi/4103/dmi%3AIntel%28R%29Celeron%28R%29CPUN3450%401.10GHz/

The N3450 is certified for use with 16.04 using 4.4.x.x kernel, so you
should be all set on that score.

I would think the wireless would also be fully supported by an updated 4.4
kernel and most definitely by 4.14.

Also, the model in question(I think) is the:

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_577_367&item_id=117289

from the mfg:

http://digi.emdoor.com/en/product-info.asp?id=118&nav=1

and yes, they state that there is an M2.2280 ssd slot available to drop in
additional storage.

I look around for a few sec for an internal pic but found nothing useful
that would show what sort of battery pack is used. I would really doubt the
battery is replaceable as in easily detachable, but I would think they
would have the battery plugged in via a cable to the mobo, making it prety
easy to replace for the savvy techy person.

I would think the 32G flash memory will be slow and not so durable, but if
an SSD in the M2.2280 slot is made to be the primary(boot) drive in the
laptop's BIOS and the 32G flash be relegated to a secondary drive, a
download destination or something, this would make for a real fine low-cost
1080P system.

My youngest at 20 sneered at this when I showed it to her though, she is
wedded to her Thinkpads, T420s, X220, X131e. What a Luddite(just like her
dad)!

Good find Mark Steffen, I am tempted to go get one for use as a "guest"
laptop at home running Ubu 16.04 Mate as I have a 250G 2280 SSD just
sitting there, taunting me.

Thanks,

Ron Singh

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:

> That is a nice machine for a great price.
>
> You say you have 4GB. Was that upgraded from the 3GB on the site?
> Is the battery replaceable or soldered in (i.e. not user replaceable).
> Can the hard disk be upgraded to an SSD with more capacity?
> And, does it run Linux?
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 12:21 PM, Mark Steffen <rmarksteffen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > If your needs aren't super compute-intensive, Canada Computers has an
> iSmart
> > (chinese macbook air type clone) on sale for $269.  It has an N3450
> Celeron
> > processor, a 6-8 hour battery life, fingerprint scanner, 32GB SSD (+ M2
> slot
> > for expansion) and 1080P screen 4GB RAM.  I bought one for my daughter to
> > play a game she really like after she accidentally broke my macbook.  It
> > seems well built and performs fine for surfing/office tasks/light
> gaming.  I
> > have the UX305CA myself (but running Windows) it's a great laptop.
> >
> > Mark Steffen
> > Office Direct: +1.226.476.1240 | Mobile: +1.226.600.0464
> > "Don't believe everything you read on the Internet." -Abraham Lincoln
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 10:39 PM, doug moen <doug at moens.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> The zenbook flip looks cool. But my next laptop will run Ubuntu. I've
> >> never used a touchscreen laptop. How well does Ubuntu support this
> hardware?
> >> Any experience? Trying to decide if this is a feature I want.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Saturday, 21 April 2018, Andrew Sullivan Cant
> >> <acant at alumni.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Eva,
> >>>
> >>> I recently bought a used Asus Zenbook UX305CA, which is running Linux
> >>> pretty well. That one is not what you are looking for(no-touch,
> no-flip)
> >>> but there is a similarly spec'ed Zenbook UX360CA which is both touch
> and
> >>> flip.
> >>>
> >>> https://www.asus.com/us/Laptops/ASUS-ZenBook-Flip-UX360CA/
> >>>
> >>> ebay seems to have a pretty steady supply of them, too.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Andrew
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 2018-04-11 1:45 PM, Eva B wrote:
> >>> > Hi:
> >>> >
> >>> > I found  this:
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Lenovo-ThinkPad-X200-X201-
> Tablet-12-1-LCD-Touch-Scree
> >>> >
> >>> > Does anyone see any potential problems with it?
> >>> >
> >>> > Eva
> >>> >
> >>> > --
> >>> > Do you want to make something?
> >>> > Here are the tools.
> >>> > Go
> >>> >
> >>> > /*Diyode is the single most awesome toy under the tree at Christmas
> >>> > that
> >>> > I had to grow up to get*/
> >>> >
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