Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented

From	Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented
Date	2015-10-17 22:30 +0200
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On Sat, 2015-10-17 at 14:49 -0500, rlharris@oplink.net wrote:
> On Sat, October 17, 2015 2:27 pm, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> 
> > Well, there was at least two questions in your post. I provided a
> > suggestion for one of them.
> 
> Forgive me, Sven.  When I began this thread, I was thinking strictly
> in
> terms of a smart phone, and did not know of a smartphone forum.
> 
> After a few exchanges, it occurred to me that I would be served
> better by
> keeping my flip-open cellular phone for voice, and acquiring a mobile
> G4
> cellular modem and a small computer for Internet access while on the
> road.
>  And after a few more exchanges, I recalled the Asus eeePC.
> 
> G4 modems are not expensive.  But, sadly, it appears that the eeePC
> has
> been discontinued.  I have been searching for articles and forums
> discussing Debian on the eeePC, and have found some which are rather
> old. 
> It seems that I am "beating a dead horse".
> 
> So now my goal is to find an alternative to the Asus eeePC.  I need a
> pc
> which is small enough to be used in the car.  And, of course, it must
> be
> able to run Debian Jessie.

No problem! 

I have the first generation EeePC, which I would happily give away, but
I doubt you plan on visiting Sweden anytime soon? ;)

Have you considered liberating a Chromebook? It seems to be similar at
least in weight to the first gen Eee and it should be possible to get
Debian running. Probably a little bit more hassle than a normal laptop
though.

There's also a few x86 tablets, using Intel Bay Trail, that some people
are running Fedora on. 

Another option is a hybrid tablet/laptop that folds the keyboard.
They're usually quite portable, but I think support is quite poor.

-- 
Cheers,
Sven Arvidsson
http://www.whiz.se
PGP Key ID 6FAB5CD5

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smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 00:00 +0200
  Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented dean <deanshannon3@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 03:10 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 03:50 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-17 05:00 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2015-10-17 14:30 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-17 19:20 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 19:30 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-17 21:00 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-17 21:20 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2015-10-18 16:50 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 19:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 22:00 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2015-10-19 02:40 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 21:30 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 21:50 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 22:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 23:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-18 12:20 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-10-18 12:20 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 00:10 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 01:20 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-10-18 01:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 02:50 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-10-18 14:20 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015006@iiita.ac.in> - 2015-10-18 14:40 +0200
                Debian on netbooks: was Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 15:20 +0200
                Re: Debian on netbooks: was Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 15:30 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
  Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 15:40 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 19:20 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented deloptes <deloptes@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-17 19:40 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Terence <terence.john@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 09:30 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 10:10 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Terence <terence.john@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 10:10 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-10-17 21:50 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 22:10 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-10-17 23:10 +0200

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