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

Thu Apr 26 11:57:11 EDT 2018

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_577_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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