Technology

Well, at least it's 1920x1200 resolution. The old 10" netbooks mostly had 1024x600 which was terrible even by standards from 15 years ago.

I've got this little tablet...you know how so many people turn an iPad into a crappy laptop by adding a keyboard cover to it? Well Lenovo turned a laptop into a crappy iPad by making the hinge a floppy skin flap with a magnetic pogo pin connector. I intended it as a little computer I can use in the wood shop, I wanted something fanless and preferably with a removable keyboard so it wouldn't be destroyed by sawdust that can run FreeCAD natively.

I'm not sure Linux is ready for tablets. FreeCAD is not ready for tablets or laptops, holy fuck it's unusable without a 5 button mouse and a spaceball. I may have to distro hop a little on the thing because it likes to wake up with the keyboard attached, not recognize the keyboard, and stay permanently in portrait mode. So wake up the computer, rip the keyboard off, wait a second, reattach.

It's kind of fuckpuke, tbh.

10 inch screen size isn't a problem though. For a general laptop I'd want to go 13 inches but for something I'm mostly going to use as a tablet and then occasionally as a laptop 10 will do.

14 here. Lenovo T-series life.

Well, you're in luck. The Piccolo N150 netbook is an 8in screen lol

I appreciated it, since he didn't do a legit stress test. Running a local llm is intensive on the hardware, and if it performs well on that, it'll likely perform well on most standard, non-useless tasks. So, I see that part as a makeshift stress test.

There was one paragraph about AI. Hardly a ramble.

I had one of those but the tiny keyboard used to drive me nuts it was literally unusable.

Uses the calamares installer, comes with all neccessary tools and, above all, is the safest bet if you need all KDE components to work properly. Makes enough sense to me but I'm biased since it's my daily driver too 😅 It's my first distro where genuinely so far "everything just works". I've had a much better experience than with stuff like Mint or Pop or whatever else people usually recommend.

It arguable it's not more powerful than a phone, but the keyboard would certainly be useful.

Phones are capable of a lot, but even something basic like a network ping is buried and they prefer you to install some crappy app with adverts and in app purchases, rather than let you use the PC in your pocket.

but I imagine it would be hard to get Linux to work well with the surface - especially the touch screen.

There's a dedicated Linux kernel for Surface devices. Surfaces are your best bet for installing Linux out of any of the Windows tablets.

I ended up falling into using a surface for my travel and it's been surprisingly good. I have surface pro 7+, and it's small enough to use on an airplane seat, has good battery life, a great screen, and can do some limited gaming. With an upgraded drive (1TB for $100) for movies and low end games it's a great little computer. They also run for 200-400 dollars on eBay.

I had better than 20x20 vision when they gave us eye-tests in high school and I’ve often gotten, “Holy shit, you can read that from here?” I always chose screen space over font-size even on small laptops but I recently had to dial it back a notch for the first time. The optometrists come for us all, eventually.

My vision still seems fine but it takes longer to adjust and focus. Like I have a digital clock I used to glance at to check the time and now I have to squint for a few seconds and wait. It’s sort of like a phone camera auto-focus where it sorts things out but it used to be immediate.

It can play 20 separate instances of Doom 2.