Hi,

>> Until now it doesn't look like I can install Fedora and use it on a pure 
>> tablet. So I keep my current netbook, which is yet not old.
>
>What makes you conclude that it won´t work?.
>
>It seems to me you didn´t google enough:
>
>http://www.entirelyunlike.net/?tag=iconia-tab-w500
>
>He´s got it working, including touch, explains how, and with screen rotation.


I wan't clear. I expect it to work, but as as it would on any notebook / 
netbook. The hardware is supported, that's all. So far it looks I can use the 
touch screen as a pointer device adn rotate the screen. Not a big deal. That 
means just using the tablet as a regular PC, with a different kind of mouse. It 
does not tell anything whether it will feel like a real tablet, with touch 
optimized UI and apps. That's what I mean by a "pure tablet".

I already had some touch-enabled PCs, like the HP tx2000, and they weren't 
confortable doing anything by touch. Sure current tablets have better touch 
screens, and the Gnome Shell was designed with some touch features in mind, but 
this alone is not enough.

The big question is: has anyone tried to use the W550 or a similar device as a 
real tablet, not as a netbook, using only touch to browse the web, read 
drm-free ebooks, watch vides, listen music, and playing games?

And how the touchscreen / virtual keybard are (or aren't) usefull for 
non-tablet applications like gimp and libre office?

So far no one answered those questions, not even a developer working on those 
features, so I assume there are none. F16 remains simply a PC operating system, 
not something you'd actually use on a tablet. :-(


[]s, Fernando Lozano



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