[vox-tech] ExoPC Tablet accelerometer rotation

[T. Mark]

Apologies:  in my haste I mistyped about "Elementary OS"..  the Linux I was 
thinking of, which is basically a rip-off of Puppy, is called "Simplicity 
Linux".  Elementary.io looks intriguing as they've released it for both PC & 
Mac (as if Mac fanboys would part with their precious OS X?) and it looks 
visually polished, receiving positive reviews from MSM mags like Wired etc.
And for a minute there I was wondering if "Darth Borehd" was but a M$ 
operative (troll) giving me the business--  I'd noticed that he sent a reply 
just to me & not the whole list, but I added back in the Davis & Sac UG 
addresses to keep y'all abreast of it.  (& a quick search on the surname 
turned up only a Wookieepedia entry..)

6. Jul 2016 09:52 by techmark at tutanota.de:


>
> 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..
>
> --
> https://twitter.com/linuxusergroup
>
>
> 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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