@rocket2nfinity I can't think of anything that is wrong wrt drivers.

Wrt software, the touch support of gnome shell and firefox and other pieces of software isn't awesome in ubuntu 19.04 (the latest I tried). It's workable but not perfect. For actual tablet use it's plainly not good enough, I never use it that way. I do use the touch screen as an input device for tapping/scrolling/selecting.

Wrt hardware - the keyboard flexes a bit. The rubber feet at the bottom and those to protect the screen against the keyboard all came off long ago. But still no dammage to the screen. The hinge for the screen has a wiggle of a few degrees, but the magnetic attachment is flawless. Very rarely (weeks) touchpad or keyboard input fail, then I pull the screen off of the keyboard, just enough to disconnect and reconnect, then it works again. The speakers aren't great. They are too silent, so I push the max volume override very far up, which can result in crackling sound, I probably go louder than the speakers like, but so far (years) they survive. I would like to be able to reduce screen brightness down to completely off, but that's not possible, just very dim. The power connector has quite a bit of wiggle by now from mechanical wear. I fear this will be the piece that will ultimately lead to the demise of this otherwise nice little laptop. But so far charging works exactly as it should. Battery life isn't too impressive, but I don't use it a lot on the road so I don't care too much nor can I quantify it very precisely.

I think that's about it. I'm happy I bought it

@ComLarsic said in Install click pakage on amd64 without terminal app?:

i installed the amd64 rootfs

how?

@doniks said in Suggestions/recommendations for Touchscreen laptop/2-in-1/tablet?:

@rocket2nfinity said in Suggestions/recommendations for Touchscreen laptop/2-in-1/tablet?:

@doniks Would you mind checking -cameras, speaker, microphone , touchscreen, bluetooth, and trackpad? Maybe there's been a recent fix I'm not aware of.

I was interested in the Pavilion, and especially the Envy x2 since it has LTE, but they both have the same issues.

Certainly! Speaker, touchscreen, bluetooth and trackpad are definitely ok. Mic and camera I can test in a couple of days. Ping me if I forget!

jup. mic and camera work

@rocket2nfinity said in Suggestions/recommendations for Touchscreen laptop/2-in-1/tablet?:

@doniks Would you mind checking -cameras, speaker, microphone , touchscreen, bluetooth, and trackpad? Maybe there's been a recent fix I'm not aware of.

I was interested in the Pavilion, and especially the Envy x2 since it has LTE, but they both have the same issues.

Certainly! Speaker, touchscreen, bluetooth and trackpad are definitely ok. Mic and camera I can test in a couple of days. Ping me if I forget!

@dobey said in Compiling Rust code on UT:

@Giiba No, you can use the main terminal app instead if you're only using CLI tools in the container. See https://docs.ubports.com/en/latest/userguide/dailyuse/libertine.html#shell-access

Now that we talk about this, I'm thinking ... Why not append the bin folders from the libertine container to the PATH variable ... That would be even easier and more seemless to use the cli tools that are installed in the container than the shell access from the docs ... Any downsides/risks?

@rocket2nfinity HP Pavilion x2 12

Its an Intel chip, no locked boot loader, no problems with the touch screen.

Now that I think about it ... I have to admit that I don't know whether the camera is ok, I think I never tried

@MarkG_108 said in I find the UT Linux structure both interesting and odd:

Temporary failure resolving 'ports.ubuntu.com'

Just to geht the obvious out of the way: You are connected to the internet, right?

Is your UT up to date? I remember some libertine fixes a while ago.

Lastly, if you are connected and up to date, maybe something is off with your container. Could you try with a new one?

@normandc said in Simple UI documentation, need some help.:

I get the feeling that what documention there is was written by developers, not end users.

Pretty much. Yes.

I have experience writing documentation for open source projects, but as mentioned by @poVoq, a big change is due in the next big update (OTA-12), and to be honest I'm kind of taking a break after years of involvement in another (unrelated) project.

If you change your mind - we could really do with a nice and simple documentation for regular, every day usage.

Of course the design goal for the OS is to be so intuitive that everybody gets it without reading a handbook. But I think it would still be nice to have it all summarized concisely in one place. Not all the swipes are as obvious as they should be. And also, having this documentation of the obvious, would provide an indication that everything else is not (easily) possible

Any fosdem plans? The list of stands is out, but no UT:(

@rocket2nfinity said in Suggestions/recommendations for Touchscreen laptop/2-in-1/tablet?:

On all the HPs, Dell, and most MS Surface either the camera doesn't work, or the touchscreen, or pen or ports.

That's a tad too pessimistic. I have an HP with no such hw/driver problems
https://forums.ubports.com/topic/714/ubuntu-17-10-on-a-convertible-laptop