HPR4402: pinetab2

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1 intro

• hpr 4346 swift 110

2 prior tablet

• samsung tablet
• lineageos

3 my use case

• reading pdfs/epubs
• using emacs
• forth developement on microcontrollers, serial port access was a challenge

4 my not use case

• video media consumption
• audio consumption

5 pinetab2

• tablet based on rockchip rk3566
• 4 gig and 8 gig models
• community driven developement

6 impressions

• kids love rolling releases and glitzy desktops
• this device needs minimum everything to be useful
• stuck with arch
• stuck with systemd
• wayland

7 so what i did

• installed x11, better, mature system, virtual keyboards
• installed fluxbox, low system resources needed. lots of customization done by config files, yes suckless is no good
• installed emacs-lucid (gtk no good), why you ask?
• emacs is a lisp environment focused on text editing
• emacs has mechanisms that allow intereaction with X
• easy to build functions to get basic tablet motions
• epub modes, pdf modes, terminal emulator , org mode!
• installed xvkbd for virtual keyboard in tablet mode
• installed xpdf
• all programs in factory arch install available

8 where this is at

• functions ok
• laptop mode is nice, keyboard case works well
• tablet rotation is done via emacs commands (need to bind these to keys) and has three modes
• tablet mode with virtual keyboard
• tablet mode with external key board (full screen portrait mode)
• tablet mode using keyboard case, book mode
• still suffer random crashes, still tracking that down
• good battery life (battery status available on emacs modeline)
• wifi works, bluetooth doesn't
• easy access to serial ports using standard tools

9 what i'd like to do

• install slackware
• spify up the desktop
• add functionality things like brightness control

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