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Running Linux On Acer's C100 Tablet PC

Posted by timothy on from the slick-looking dept.

Christopher Coulter writes submitted a link to this detailed guide to putting Debian GNU/Linux on an Acer Tablet PC. That most manufacturers aren't leaping to provide Linux support on their tablet PCs doesn't mean it isn't possible ;)

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  1. Would VNC help? by gylle · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I must admit I run XP on my laptop at home. Reading the discussion above, I see that the reasons for running windows on a tablet PC are even greater. However, I don't use many windows apps. I run a VNC viewer on my laptop, which gives me a full-screen linux desktop. When I need a windows app to control something on the local laptop or use a windows app, I just hit alt-tab. I now wonder how good this use of VNC would be at solving/working around the missing features in Linux.
    • I guess I can rotate the screen, but I would probably have to restart vncviewer.
    • On what level is the handwriting stuff? Can I write on the tablet and get the writing as keystrokes through VNC?
    • [insert your issue from the discussion above here]?