On Saturday 12 November 2016 23:23:09 Michael Lange wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 12 Nov 2016 23:04:21 +0000 > > Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am thinking of buying one of these for use with Debian and TDE. What > > was said the other day gave me a slight pause for thought, but I was > > partly reassured. > > > > Comments please! > > > > Lenovo 11.6 Inch Ideapad 100s Intel Atom 2GB 32GB > > http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5163519 > > when it's to be used with debian, this one is currently only for the > brave ;-) > I own such a device, currently internal wifi works well enough with a > third party driver. If you care about bluetooth, you're so far totally > out of luck. Sound does not work yet either. Suspend / Hibernate does not > work. Occasionally the screen freezes, forcing the user to do a hard > reset. Plus the 32-bit Efi troubles to make the install media boot. > > Considering the price I think the device would not be bad, if they would > be able to fix these issues. From what I have been reading, it seems like > people from Intel are working on linux fixes for this and similar > devices, but even if things go well some patience is required. > > See also here (not sure if this page will be updated if the situation > changes, though): https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=113151
Thanks, Michael. Very helpful. I don't mind about having to struggle a little, and Bluetooth doesn't worry me, but sound is a bit of a killer. What about either of these Chromebooks: Acer Chromebook 11.6 Inch Celeron 2GB 16GB http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5487972 Asus Chromebook C201 11.6 Inch 2GB 16GB http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5763830 ? Can anyone speak to these? Thanks! Lisi
