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On 28/05/16 16:00, Giampiero Gabbiani wrote: |
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> In data sabato 28 maggio 2016 14:03:16, Bill Kenworthy ha scritto: |
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>> I was just about to spring for a mid range MS surface pro 4 tablet when |
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>> I saw a few posts about hardware problems ... MS hardware is usually |
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>> solid (in contrast to their software! :) |
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>> Are there any other similar tablets out there that are gentoo/Linux |
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>> friendly that are worth looking at? |
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> I have a surface pro and one surface pro 3, each of them purchased as soon |
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> as they appeared in Italy and all of them with Gentoo running since the very |
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> beginning. |
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> Skipping the patches I had to apply initially for having all the HW working, |
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> currently in the pro 3 the running gentoo has a kernel 4.0.4 on which I retro |
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> applied the MS button module from a successive kernel release for the volume |
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> and power buttons to work and a patch for having both the cams working too. |
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> If you need I can send them both. |
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> I'm very satisfied with it (I have also the MS docking station) I use it for |
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> office and as DAW (with jackd) |
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> Regards |
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> Giampiero |
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>> I have been using an old Samsung android tablet and google has just |
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>> crossed the line and creeped me out past what I can tolerate so its time |
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>> to move on :( |
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>> BillK |
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I went to a couple of stores and decided that if I keep dithering I'll |
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never do it - so I now have a surface pro 4 :) |
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Waiting for it charge/complete the windows updates before I force it |
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into a corner to make room for gentoo. Thankyou for the offer of the |
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patches - I'll contact you when I get that far. |
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I'll be going with kernel 4.4.11 (to match everything else I have here) |
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BillK |
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