Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-10-20 Thread Raimo Niskanen
On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 05:44:55PM -0600, Adam Thompson wrote: > On 2015-02-20 05:22 PM, Robert wrote: > > After a quick check on lenovo.com, the Yoga 2 (10) seems to be interesting. > > Incl. LTE it's about 350 EUR. > > But I can't find any indications on the web that someone installed any > > a

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-20 Thread Dmitrij D. Czarkoff
Adam Thompson said: > Unless you've found handwriting recognition or on-screen-keyboards that work > well with OpenBSD, you'll probably still have to carry around a USB > keyboard, which might make the whole exercise pointless. Good luck, anyway. Recently I had my hands on ExoPC - an amd64-based

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-20 Thread Adam Thompson
On 2015-02-20 05:22 PM, Robert wrote: After a quick check on lenovo.com, the Yoga 2 (10) seems to be interesting. Incl. LTE it's about 350 EUR. But I can't find any indications on the web that someone installed any alternative OS on it. I'm also not sure if it matters if you buy the Android or

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-20 Thread Robert
On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:29:59 -0600 Adam Thompson wrote: > On 2015-02-20 01:13 PM, Robert wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:34:18 -0500 > > Kenneth Gober wrote: > >> I didn't reply earlier because I thought the Dell XPS 12 wouldn't meet your > >> requirements, but I have booted OpenBSD 5.4 on it,

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-20 Thread Adam Thompson
On 2015-02-20 01:13 PM, Robert wrote: On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:34:18 -0500 Kenneth Gober wrote: I didn't reply earlier because I thought the Dell XPS 12 wouldn't meet your requirements, but I have booted OpenBSD 5.4 on it, although I did have to disable Secure Boot in the BIOS first. dmesg follo

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-20 Thread Robert
On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:41:50 + Calvin wrote: > Why OpenBSD on a tablet? On a laptop it makes sense, but OpenBSD is not > exactly known for it's touch capability. Even with GNOME 3/KDE, it's > still bit of an odd choice for such HW. For me: * having a web browser to check time tables, maps et

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-20 Thread Calvin
Why OpenBSD on a tablet? On a laptop it makes sense, but OpenBSD is not exactly known for it's touch capability. Even with GNOME 3/KDE, it's still bit of an odd choice for such HW. >What's the smallest, most tablet-ish device I can put OpenBSD on? Want to >travel and stay connected.

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-20 Thread Robert
On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:34:18 -0500 Kenneth Gober wrote: > I didn't reply earlier because I thought the Dell XPS 12 wouldn't meet your > requirements, but I have booted OpenBSD 5.4 on it, although I did have to > disable Secure Boot in the BIOS first. dmesg follows: Looks like nice hardware. But

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-20 Thread Kenneth Gober
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Robert wrote: > > Anything that can be acquired outside of a museum? ;) > > Has someone tested OpenBSD on one of the current (Atom/Windows-based) > 8-10" tablets? > E.g., Lenovo Yoga 2 or Ideapad > They seem to have a BIOS that can be configured; maybe Secure Boot

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-19 Thread Raimundo Santos
On 19 February 2015 at 21:19, Carl Trachte wrote: > > > It's definitely not a tablet, but it's way more portable than a > desktop or full sized laptop. Surprisingly, for it's size, it's easy > to take apart and deal with. It is my choice because ot its little weight: most of it is my 5 hours bat

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-19 Thread Raimundo Santos
Hello, Lenovo Thinkpad x201 works well for me. On 19 February 2015 at 17:15, Jack Woehr wrote: > What's the smallest, most tablet-ish device I can put OpenBSD on? Want to > travel and stay connected. > > -- > Jack Woehr # "There's too much emphasis on things > Box 51, Golden CO 80

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-19 Thread Jack Woehr
Robert wrote: On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:23:47 -0600 Luis Coronado wrote: sharp zaurus? Anything that can be acquired outside of a museum? ;) Thanks everyone, Luis, Christopher, Robert, for all the ideas, and keep 'em coming if anyone has any more. I may not be able reply if any q's are aske

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-19 Thread Robert
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:23:47 -0600 Luis Coronado wrote: > sharp zaurus? Anything that can be acquired outside of a museum? ;) Has someone tested OpenBSD on one of the current (Atom/Windows-based) 8-10" tablets? E.g., Lenovo Yoga 2 or Ideapad They seem to have a BIOS that can be configured; mayb

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-19 Thread Christopher Barry
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:23:47 -0600 Luis Coronado wrote: >sharp zaurus? > >Sent from my iPad not running obsd :) > >> On 19/2/2015, at 13:15, Jack Woehr wrote: >> >> What's the smallest, most tablet-ish device I can put OpenBSD on? >> Want to travel and stay connected. >> >> -- >> Jack Woehr

Re: OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-19 Thread Luis Coronado
sharp zaurus? Sent from my iPad not running obsd :) > On 19/2/2015, at 13:15, Jack Woehr wrote: > > What's the smallest, most tablet-ish device I can put OpenBSD on? Want to > travel and stay connected. > > -- > Jack Woehr # "There's too much emphasis on things > Box 51, Golden

OpenBSD Tablet-ish

2015-02-19 Thread Jack Woehr
What's the smallest, most tablet-ish device I can put OpenBSD on? Want to travel and stay connected. -- Jack Woehr # "There's too much emphasis on things Box 51, Golden CO 80402 # like pawn structure in modern chess. http://www.softwoehr.com # Checkmate ends the game." - N. Shor