[mdlug] Distro Suggestions f/Panasonic Toughbook CF-19
Aaron Kulkis
akulkis00 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 25 04:52:50 EST 2011
Peter Bart wrote:
> Good Morning,
> I'm having some trouble with the finishing touches of an
> openSUSE 11.4 install on this box, which has a convertible
> touchscreen. I just can't seem to find the way to get an
> onscreen keyboard up to login and come back from
> screensaver/resume. Also the touchpad is not recognized, but
> usable. I was able to calibrate the touchscreen. It's a late
> model Intel dual core processor with 160GB hard drive and 8GB
> RAM so I don't necessarily need a lightweight distro. But I am
> thinking about putting the current version of Ubuntu Netbook
> Remix on it because I can get Onboard to show at the login
> screen and resume/screensaver login on my Asus tablet install
> of UNR 10.04. And it's generally tablet/touchscreen friendly.
> But before I try and pound a square peg into a round hole I
> thought I'd ask for suggestions. Anyone know of a
> tablet/touchscreen friendly distro?
openSUSE 12.1 was just released last week. I suggest giving that a try.
Also, look in http://download.opensuse.org/, especially in the repositories.
ALSO, when in the YaST Software Manager, click on View->RPM Groups.
There's a lot of software which is listed only under that tab.
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