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HPR4402: pinetab2

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1 intro
  • hpr 4346 swift 110
    • 2 prior tablet
    • samsung tablet
    • lineageos
      • 3 my use case
      • reading pdfs/epubs
      • using emacs
      • forth developement on microcontrollers, serial port access was
        • a challenge
        4 my not use case
        • video media consumption
        • audio consumption
          • 5 pinetab2
          • tablet based on rockchip rk3566
          • 4 gig and 8 gig models
          • community driven developement
            • 6 impressions
            • kids love rolling releases and glitzy desktops
            • this device needs minimum everything to be useful
            • stuck with arch
            • stuck with systemd
            • wayland
              • 7 so what i did
              • installed x11, better, mature system, virtual keyboards
              • installed fluxbox, low system resources needed. lots of
                • customization done by config files, yes suckless is no good
              • installed emacs-lucid (gtk no good), why you ask?
              • emacs is a lisp environment focused on text editing
              • emacs has mechanisms that allow intereaction with X
              • easy to build functions to get basic tablet motions
              • epub modes, pdf modes, terminal emulator , org mode!
              • installed xvkbd for virtual keyboard in tablet mode
              • installed xpdf
              • all programs in factory arch install available
                • 8 where this is at
                • functions ok
                • laptop mode is nice, keyboard case works well
                • tablet rotation is done via emacs commands (need to bind these
                  • to
                  keys) and has three modes
                • tablet mode with virtual keyboard
                • tablet mode with external key board (full screen portrait
                  • mode)
                • tablet mode using keyboard case, book mode
                • still suffer random crashes, still tracking that down
                • good battery life (battery status available on emacs modeline)
                • wifi works, bluetooth doesn't
                • easy access to serial ports using standard tools
                  • 9 what i'd like to do
                  • install slackware
                  • spify up the desktop
                  • add functionality things like brightness control

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