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Re: M10 Tablet - First Impressions

 

I only used apt-get for now for Nautilus and Firefox. Not the ideal way but for now that's how I do it.The SDK is actually from a click package that someone provided. You can search for it in the mailing list archive.

      From: Mitchell Reese <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 To: nick luigi eusebio <kugi_igi@xxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 5:25 PM
 Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] M10 Tablet - First Impressions
   
Thats encouraging to hear! Playing about with libertine - how did you get 
nautilus and the sdk installed? Did you create a seperate container, use 
puritane, or install with apt-get?

Mitchell

On Saturday, 23 April 2016 2:58:57 PM AEST, nick luigi eusebio 
<kugi_igi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just an input from a Nexus 7 user.#1 must be a bug. That tablet 
> has way more powerful hardware than Nexus 7 and I don't 
> encounter too much lag when multiple apps are open. Yeah some 
> stutters and slow down happens but not really noticeable. I 
> actually tested convergence yesterday and Xmir is now working 
> decently on it and got Firefox, Nautilus and Ubuntu SDK running 
> simultaneously without much lag though I don't interacted with 
> them that much.
> 
>      From: Mitchell Reese <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  To: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>  Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 12:34 PM
>  Subject: [Ubuntu-phone] M10 Tablet - First Impressions
>    
> Hi people, thought I'd post up a few initial impressions with the FHD M10 
> tablet. Have had it for a couple days now and been putting it through it's 
> paces. All up - great job! Awesome hardware, and the system is lots of fun 
> to use.
> 
> Firstly, I'm typing this in desktop mode paired top a Logitech 
> keyboard and 
> hp bluetooth mouse. Keyboard works flawlessly, mouse works best 
> when one or 
> two apps are open. More causes it to stutter.
> 
> Have tried an external display a couple times - works great both with a 
> projector and smaller tv monitor. 
> 
> Overall the tablet works well, and is shaping up to be a great experience. 
> Here are a few bugs I found so far - feel free to let me know the best 
> place to report them and I'll post them up.
> 
> 1. Mouse gets very laggy when more than a couple apps are open - very hard 
> to scroll, let alone move it anywhere. Is this hardware related (i.e., not 
> enough power yet), or OS (i.e., still being optimised)?
> 2. Switching between apps in desktop mode is very slow - worse with a 
> mouse, however still slow with touch if more than a couple apps are open. 
> Again - is this hardware or OS related?
> 3. Bug in initial download of the updated 10.1 ota - couldn't 
> do it until I 
> changed the timezone to manually with my location. 
> 4. Love the sidestage, however took me time to work out that I needed to 
> tap with three fingers on the screen to dismiss it. Very slick now, but 
> without saying this somewhere, it's difficult to figure out. Would be best 
> on the instructions on the side stage when no app is there to say this, or 
> at the very least the first time it's run.
> 5. In general, the system still has a fair bit of lag - noticeable when 
> switching scopes, and watching videos while streaming (youtube, 
> etc.) Again 
> - OS or software related?
> 6. X11 apps are confusing. The gui is different (ouch! So 
> small!!!!!!), and 
> on screen keyboard doesn't work with them. Imho, I think there should be a 
> seperate 'legacy apps' scope. Bundling them together with other apps that 
> work great (Dekko, Unav, etc.) gives the impression they should also work 
> as well. They don't.
> 7. Libreoffice is usable with a keyboard and mouse, but the font for all 
> the settings is miniscule. This makes it painful to read. Would 
> be great if 
> there was some way to manually change this.
> 8. GPS doesn't work with the tablet - the daemon seems to continually be 
> restarting, making it unusable. The only option has been to disable it 
> entirely. Have filed a bug for this.
> 
> All up though, a great experience. There's no way in it's 
> current form this 
> table t can serve as a desktop - even my aging ultrabook - replacement. 
> That said, working within it's current limitations, I've only opened my 
> laptop a couple times since having it. Great job people - I'm looking 
> forward to seeing where this goes.
> 
> Mitchell
> 
> 
> 
> 



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