On Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:25:46 +0200
Will Stephenson
I'm very interested in hearing how those of you with tablets + keyboards get on with them as general purpose computing devices, to see where the market is going. How useful are they? What tasks do you need the PC/laptop for? Is it just for better performance, or are there some things that are just not possible? Are those 'legacy things' like playing optical discs that can also be carried out using more current technology like streaming video, or things that are intrinsically impossible on a tablet?
I am concerned about the future of the consumer Free Software 'market' as tablets displace PCs and locked down proprietary or only notionally Free operating systems replace general purpose OSen and platforms. It would be a great pity if the effort we've expended over the last 15 years to fight a monopolist was wasted because the userbase skipped happily into a totalitarian state's walled garden while we were fighting each other over widget sets.
Will
Hi Have a look around the xda developers forum for what's hot and what's not... http://forum.xda-developers.com/ my first port of call for tablet information. I use handbrake to backup my DVD's, it's amazing how many I can backup to a SD card ;) I can use ssh to connect to any system here, to say run osc on this notebook sitting outside in the Sun... Streaming works fine to the ASUS, no issues via the local network. I don't have a keyboard, happy with the on-screen device, just when wanting ctrl keys etc can be a bit of an issue. Here are a couple of screenshots of mine... http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/xg4mrohtbj9cp9b6inzuuken0vs28pj6 -- Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64) Kernel 3.1.10-1.9-desktop up 1:48, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.05 CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org