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On Dec 20, 2011 4:22 PM, "Greg Clifton" <<a href="mailto:gccfof5@gmail.com">gccfof5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Folks,<br>
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> I have a customer asking for a tablet (as inexpensive as possible) that meets the following requirements:<br>
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> Must run Debian Squeeze with X, 1 or more USB 2.0 or better ports, 1-2 core CPU @ 1GHz or better, CPU may be x86 or Arm, minimum 16GB, more preferred (solid state storage), 802.11 b/g WiFi, touchscreen with driver for X to emulate a mouse. </p>
<p>One thing that a touchscreen can't emulate well is mouseover behavior. Unfortunately, that is a big part of web and local app UX paradigm. You may want to bring this up with the client.</p>
<p>For this very reason I've had several friends settle for the MacBook Air. Unfortunately for this community, there is no comparable piece of hardware on the market. I've seen competitors, but they all have build quality deficiencies.</p>
<p>> The strong preference is that the drivers be part of the vanilla kernel (and Xorg) and need to be stable production drivers.<br>
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> Do any of you Deb Fans have suggestions of what to look at and/or what to avoid?<br>
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> Appreciated,<br>
> Greg Clifton<br>
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