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

Fri Apr 27 10:54:29 EDT 2018

My laptop functions well. It has an Intel Core i5, and I upgraded its RAM.
No heavy applications.

The one at Canada Computers would have been good for a project that needs
long battery life, lots of storage and high resolution, but not much CPU
power.

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 9:55 AM, Mark Steffen <rmarksteffen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is true.  They had an Acer with a 64GB SSD for $339 but it was a
> refurb, otherwise similar specs (slightly better N4200 CPU), unsure if it's
> still on sale or not, still that may not be enough storage for your needs.
>
> Not sure what you do with Linux but I'm not a game player, mainly
> web/LibreOffice/RDP/ssh so for me, 32GB would be a tight squeeze but very
> doable, but everyone's needs are different.
>
> *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 Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Mark,
>>
>> At Canada Computers, a 256GB SSD that will fit is $124. That gives it
>> decent storage.
>>
>> http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=179_
>> 1229_1296&item_id=103977
>>
>> That means that in total, it will be $445 with tax. No longer a cheap
>> option, and same price as conventional laptops.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Mark Steffen <rmarksteffen at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It runs Linux, the but comes installed with Windows 10 Home.  The one I
>>> have is 4GB here is the link just so we're on the same page:
>>>
>>> http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_57
>>> 7_367&item_id=117289
>>>
>>> I doubt the battery is replaceable and I'm pretty sure you can't upgrade
>>> the RAM.  You CAN add another M.2 SATA drive though (there is a door for it
>>> on the bottom).  Linux for most use cases should be fine with that CPU and
>>> amount of RAM, but if you are planning to game, do hardcore Blender stuff
>>> or anything else RAM/CPU intensive then maybe this isn't for you, but it
>>> would certainly work fine for my own daily driver.  You could probably dual
>>> boot it with Linux on the 32GB drive and get a 120GB drive for Windows or
>>> something; I'd suspect the process would go something like:
>>>
>>> 1) disable secure boot in Windows 10
>>> 2) clonezilla the 32GB SSD over to a bigger SSD in the M.2 slot
>>> 3) reconfigure the BIOS to boot from the M.2 SSD, disable secureboot in
>>> bios
>>> 4) install Linux on the 32GB SSD and put grub for dual boot on the M.2
>>> SSD
>>>
>>> Though I haven't tested this method to be sure it works.
>>>
>>> *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 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-Table
>>>> t-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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