[ale] Debian Squeeze Tablet

George Allen glallen01 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 27 12:56:04 EST 2011


Maybe, in lieu of touchscreen, a stylus could give the same tabletness
while being able to handle mouseovers. I've always wanted one of the IBM
X-series tablet-laptops, but they're too expensive for me.
 On Dec 20, 2011 11:36 PM, "Richard Bronosky" <Richard at bronosky.com> wrote:

>
> On Dec 20, 2011 4:22 PM, "Greg Clifton" <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> > I have a customer asking for a tablet (as inexpensive as possible) that
> meets the following requirements:
> >
> > 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> > The strong preference is that the drivers be part of the vanilla kernel
> (and Xorg) and need to be stable production drivers.
> >
> > Do any of you Deb Fans have suggestions of what to look at and/or what
> to avoid?
> >
> > Appreciated,
> > Greg Clifton
> >
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