[Trisquel-users] eCAFÉ ™ EX HD

2012-07-05 Thread rodolfobaroni
What do you think of netbooks eCAFÉ ™ EX HD? the price of notebooks is contained, is around 200 euros... TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS   LED screen: 10.1 inch, 1024*600, high brightness Storage: 16Gb extensible to 72Gb: 8Go Flash (iNAND) + 8Gb SDHC card + additional 50GB available online** ARM

Re: [Trisquel-users] eCAFÉ ™ EX HD

2012-07-05 Thread Dave Hunt
I'm using an Asus 1015 PE netbook, and like it! Not sure whether all the pieces are free-software-compatible, but, that looks like a decent machine for someone who doesn't need much screen and doesn't plan to do demanding things like gaming. The price, size, and battery life are right. I've

Re: [Trisquel-users] eCAFÉ ™ EX HD

2012-07-05 Thread zwick
I am using Trisquel 5.5 on a Gateway LT4004u. It has: 10.1 inch LED backlit display 1024 x 600 resolutions 0.3 mega pixel webcam and microphone Intel Atom Cedar Trail 1.6 GHz N2600 Intel GMA 3600 integrated graphics card. 1 GB of DDR3 RAM 250 GB HDD ~$250 (USD) The internal wireless card is a

Re: [Trisquel-users] eCAFÉ ™ EX HD

2012-07-05 Thread Dave Hunt
That machine sounds comparable to my Asus. I wouldn't want to do big compiles or lots of audio processing, but, for everyday work, it's all I need. The Asus is all vanilla Intel, and Gnome Shell even works. -Dave On 07/05/2012 10:35 AM, zw...@member.fsf.org wrote: I am using Trisquel

Re: [Trisquel-users] eCAFÉ ™ EX HD

2012-07-05 Thread zwick
My notebook is simply the Acer Aspire One D270 Cedar Trail with Gateway branding. But all notebooks are more or less the same machine anyways...

Re: [Trisquel-users] eCAFÉ ™ EX HD

2012-07-05 Thread Andrew Lindley
On 05/07/12 15:19, Dave Hunt wrote: Not sure whether all the pieces are free-software-compatible, but, that I've got a couple of Genesi Efika MX Smarttops (around 100 GBP each from newit.co.uk), they use the Freescale(tm) i.MX515 SoC like the eCAFE(tm). AIUI the 2D display driver is free

Re: [Trisquel-users] eCAFÉ ™ EX HD

2012-07-05 Thread rodolfobaroni
Moral of the story ... I advised against this netbook? advise me as a netbook with GNU / Linux pre-installed?

Re: [Trisquel-users] eCAFÉ ™ EX HD

2012-07-05 Thread chris
The netbook situation isn't good. The market crashed and things aren't what they could be. We had a 13.3 light notebook. There is no built-in optical drive and it is more than a netbook would be... but it does have free software drivers for the internal wireless card: