Mandriva 2008 and Tablet PC's

Bai Shen · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:28 pm Post subject: Mandriva 2008 and Tablet PC's

How well does Mandriva work on tablet pc's? I really don't want to go with Vista, but I haven't heard anything about linux on a tablet.

gfb1 · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject:

i've had fairly good luck with mandriva.2008 and a lenovo x60 tablet (detailed here: http://gfb1.blogspot.com).

i still haven't gotten the screen to autorotate; krandr crashes the system; and gnome seems to integrate the tablet/stylus combo better than kde. gnome also integrates the fingerprint reader quite well.

i prefer xournal to jarnal; but haven't really begun with any handwriting recognition software.

Bai Shen · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject:

Ah. The reason I asked is I'm considering picking up one of these, or something like it.

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=SEARCH&Ntt=hp+1320&N=0&Dx=mode+matchall&Nty=1&D=hp+1320&Ntk=All&product_code=347666

And I don't want to deal with Vista, so I'd want to make sure Mandriva works on it before I buy it.

gfb1 · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:06 pm Post subject:

well, at the risk of sounding like a president a few years back... it depends on what you mean by 'work'.

i keep my x60t as a dual-boot with vista & mandriva 2008 (after all, we're paying a c-note for windoze). having said that, i've only used vista less than once per week -- mostly when wandering campus and trying to negotiate with our temperamental cisco wireless vpn...

'my' matrix of what works and doesn't is here:
http://gfb1.blogspot.com/2007/10/lenovo-x60-and-linux-matrix.html
(just page down.. it's a lousy format)

i have nearly all of the tablet face buttons working and will post as soon as i'm done.

almost bought the hp. there are a few forums that discuss linux installation... not sure about mandriva builds.