Terence EdenNew laptop day! Go on, Fedifriends, which #Linux distro should I put on it?
I usually use Pop / Ubuntu / Debian - but happy to try anything modern and supported.
(Chuwi Minibook X N150 if it makes a difference.)
Gonna give Windows 11 a spin first. Mostly because a separate gadget has a firmware update which is packaged as an .exe.
Haven't connected it to the Internet get, but so far Windows is just as I remembered it from a couple of years ago. Unexciting.
Linux Mint Debian Edition is go!
Automatic screen rotation works once booted (grub and LUKS in portrait mode). Touchscreen works as does WiFi. Sound works, as do the function keys.
Haven't tested anything else yet.
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OK Linux Mint is a no-go. Touchscreen doesn't work properly with Wayland.
https://github.com/linuxmint/wayland/issues/190
Time to try a new distro!
This mini laptop literally fits in my jeans' pocket. Just about 😄
Trackpad is a bit crap, but other than that it is a cute and useful device.
Man, the #NixOS people really love editing their text files, huh?
I've managed to get fractional scaling (by adding to a text file) and screen rotation (by adding weird magic to a text file).
Like, you know GUIs exist, right? You can have checkboxes, toggles, and drop down lists. Then save that to whatever text serialisation you'd like.
This reminds me of playing with Linux in the 1990s (derogatory).
A month ago, I ragequit #NixOS.
Now slowly trying it again but this time taking copious notes.
I can see the theoretical advantages, but disappointing to see so much basic information scattered around a hundred different forums and blogs. Even the official post-install guide assumes a hell of a lot of knowledge.
Let's see if I can get it working this time.
samir, a terminally deprecated method@Edent It’s a total mess, but worth it IMO. Shout if you have a question and I’ll do my best to help.
@samir how do I get the onscreen keyboard to appear on Firefox and other apps?
I'm using Gnome. I have it set on in the accessibility menu. It appears on the desktop search bar. But disappears when I launch FF. So I can't type a URl on my touch screen.
@Edent And just like that, you hit my limits! I’m afraid I use Sway.
Offer’s still open if you have configuration questions but I don’t think I can help with anything GNOME-related.
@samir how do I get autorotation working (MinibookX)?
I can't see a way to boost the font on the grub boot menu - nor rotate it.
How do I get it to remember my multiscreen positions? I can set them up fine, but they revert randomly.
I can't see a way to boost the font on the grub boot menu - nor rotate it.
How do I get it to remember my multiscreen positions? I can set them up fine, but they revert randomly.
milas@Edent @samir For grub rotation, look at https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware/blob/master/chuwi/minibook-x/default.nix
The referenced hidpi.nix in that same repo gives an example of pulling in a better (larger) console font
(Not sure about auto-rotation / screen positions getting reset)
@milas @Edent Unfortunately I believe that with Wayland, the rotation and screen position stuff is quite dependent on the window manager / display environment, so again, you’d have to rely on GNOME settings.
With Sway, I would add a call to wlr-randr in the config to be run on startup, but I don’t think you can do this with GNOME.