[ubuntu-uk] anyone run a tablet?

[Robert McWilliam]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 09:49:54AM +0000, javadayaz wrote:
> Anyone here running ubuntu on a tablet?
> 
> Experiences? Recommendations?
> I was thinking of buying a laptop/netbook but would settle for tablet for
> some light browsing/media watching!
> 

I've got a thinkpad X61 that I really like. It has a squareish screen
so I've never bothered trying to get it to rotate between landscape
and portrait which matters more on the widescreen tablets. 

There are a couple of things that can be a bit annoying: log in and
unlock from the screensaver assuming you have access to a keyboard is
the one that annoys me most. You can get an onscreen keyboard for them
but it takes a bit of hacking to get set up (I gave up and got the
fingerprint reader working instead as it is still accessible in tablet
mode on this machine).

     Robert

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