[vox-tech] ExoPC Tablet accelerometer rotation

[T. Mark]

Interesting summary!  Indeed, Puppy Linuxes are fastest at most anything 
since they're quite minimalist-- a potential concern with them is security 
(everything usually runs as root.)  The biggest problem with Puppy is the 
vast number of derivations--  if you go with what Distrowatch states is Puppy 
Linux  you get a Slackware-based one presently, while Elementary OS (which is 
just a Puppy but some guy decided to drop Puppy from the name and did some 
marketing, which irks us longtime Puppy followers) is Ubuntu-binary 
compatible I think, but there are way better offerings IMO as someone who's 
tested lots of Puppies.  The originator of Puppy has put out "Quirky" which 
has in mind keeping up with latest hardware, but it's sporadic.
 A well-put-together, and well-supported one is  FatDog64  (I looked up 
ExoPC, and it supports 64bit!  I'm jealous.)  but a newer seemingly-popular 
one is XenialDog http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=106696
 
Getting back to full-featured Linux distro's, one that might be well-tended 
enough to do what you want is PCLinuxOS.  Also,
Gentoo devs would likely help you out if you explained the problem-- they're 
hard-core geniuses.

I like your Sugar comment btw.. haven't used it, but have always felt we in 
the Linux world need to do better coming together and presenting something 
intuitive for newcomers-- especially students!

Let us know how things go..

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6. Jul 2016 08:02 by darth.borehd at gmail.com:


> I'll try those next!  Thanks!
>
> So far, I tried
> Ubuntu 16.04 -- Runs slow.  Videos played chunky, touchscreen was slow to 
> respond, and it did not rotate the screen. 
> Puppy Linux -- Really fast! But touchscreen is way off and it doesn't 
> rotate.  Videos started jerkily but then played OK.  Could not get it 
> higher than 1024x768 for some reason.
> Linux Mint 17.3 -- Runs better than Ubuntu but not as fast Puppy or 
> Elementary.  Does not automatically rotate.  However, touchscreen was 
> smooth.  Videos played flawlessly. 
> Android for Intel -- Rotation works!  Nothing else seems to work--Sound 
> doesn't, it runs slow, and missing wi-fi drivers.    > Sugar -- Confusing 
> as heck.  Touch screen worked fine.  Wi-Fi had trouble connecting.  Videos 
> did not play at all.  Still no rotation. They give this to kids??
> OpenSuse -- Would not load GUI at all.  Blank screen and then reboots again 
> in a loop. 
> Elementary OS --  2nd Fastest after Puppy. Touchscreen works nearly 
> perfectly, albeit occasionally slow to recognize presses when waking back 
> from sleep.  Videos play fine.  Automatic rotation enabled by default!    
> The "plank" dock is clunky and (to me) a little ugly.  I don't like how I 
> can't place anything on the desktop. 
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 7:58 PM, T. Mark <> techmark at tutanota.de> > wrote:
>
>>           >> Not commenting from a place of certain knowledge, but just as 
>> ideas--  Fedora is of course Red Hat's bleeding-edge offering, though it's 
>> a bit confusing to go from Debian-based to that world..  I'd say try Arch, 
>> which features a really great level of support in the forums.  When I do 
>> searches for my obscure distro, I often end up using info found on the 
>> Arch messageboard.  (Was just noticing an article in Linux Voice which 
>> looked at all distros and determined Arch the Most Recommended, actually.) 
>>  Another fully-developed one to try is Mageia.
>> Warm regards,>>   Mark>>  >> (now with changed email--  forgot to login 
>> @>> hush.com>>  for 3 weeks so they demanded $48.something to let me at my 
>> email.  If y'all sent anything, re-send here..)>> -- >> 
>> https://twitter.com/linuxusergroup/likes
>>
>> 24. Jun 2016 01:17 by >> darth.borehd at gmail.com>> :
>>
>>
>>> I got a free ExoPC tablet.  The Windows 8 OS on it was messed up, so I 
>>> installed Ubuntu 16.04 on it.  
>>> So far the touch screen works and I can use the Onboard on-screen KB.  I 
>>> can also get a wireless keyboard/mouse working as it has a couple USB 
>>> slots.  
>>> What I can't get working is the automatic screen rotation.  I know it has 
>>> an accelerometer in it that can detect screen position, but I need to 
>>> find software that will work for it.  
>>> I tried upgrading to Unity 8 through the packages but still no joy.  
>>> Is there another distro that has accelerometer screen rotation already 
>>> baked in?  If not, any suggestions on getting it to work in Ubuntu?
>>
>
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