On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 05:44:55PM -0600, Adam Thompson wrote: > On 2015-02-20 05:22 PM, Robert wrote: > > After a quick check on lenovo.com, the Yoga 2 (10) seems to be interesting. > > Incl. LTE it's about 350 EUR. > > But I can't find any indications on the web that someone installed any > > alternative OS on it. I'm also not sure if it matters if you buy the > > Android or Windows version - the hardware seems to be the same. > > I would buy the Windows version, at least you know that version is > guaranteed to run Windows, and you could always run whatever you wanted > (e.g. OpenBSD) inside VirtualBox if you were desperate. The Android > versions are more likely to have custom IPL (pre-boot) environments > instead of even UEFI - but that's a guess. > > > And the Bay Trail graphics are not supported yet: > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=142106787528337 > > > > Ok... so let's wait. Maybe there will be some money this year to throw at > > an experiment ;) > > Oh, if you want to spend ridiculous amounts of money, I guarantee > Fujitsu will have *something* that both boots OpenBSD and meets your > form-factor requirements, but it'll probably cost €1000+. Specifically, > the Q704 and Q572 both might work. Fujitsu also has convertibles that > are quite light & small now. I can't find anything that confirms > whether they support legacy boot; again, the older and more > corporate-oriented the device, the more likely it will. The newer and > cheaper and more consumer-oriented the device, the less likely it'll be > able to boot OpenBSD.
I would like to find something that could replace my "Smart"phone, so any experince with running OpenBSD on a modern small device would be interesting. Say 8..10 inch screen. If there is a virtual keyboard in X that can be used with a touchscreen pointing device that might do or else some kind of keyboard. Anything close to pocket (handbag) portable. To replace a Smartphone it would need some networking; either supported WiFi againts a "Dumb"phone hotspot, or a 3G/4G modem maybe over USB. Thoughts, anyone? I am looking at Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q335 and the likes. Lenovo Yoga 2 was mentioned above but that seems to use bluetooth for the keyboard. Asus Aspire Switch 10 and Asus Transformer Book T90 Chi might be interesting. Best Regards -- / Raimo Niskanen, Erlang/OTP, Ericsson AB
