The October 12, 2019
PinFeed Almanack
QWERTY Computer No 3

  
  Number 3 is actually a revisit to a machine purchased over two years ago.  It's 
  a Lenovo X220 'tablet', a sort of hybrid laptop with a rotating screen.  
  
  The x220t was innovative in 2012, but its 1366x768 resolution and 4.5lb heft are 
  decidedly behind current standards, and there's a weird hypersensitivity about 
  the trackpad that takes some getting used to.  But it's still available for 
  about $200 on  Amazon, so it's worth a look. 
  
  There's a lot to like about the hardware:  4Gb ram, 160Gb ssd, 3 usb ports, 
  hdmi, vga, ethernet, full size sd, a docking port, and pcmcia in case you bought 
  into that mayfly 'standard'.  The odd feature that makes it a 'tablet' is the 
  screen hinge, which pivots 180 degrees at its center so that it can lie flat, 
  screen up and covering the keyboard.  Given the size constraint and the stress 
  on such a crucial joint, you'd expect it to be fragile, but in the IBM/Lenovo 
  tradition, it seems nearly indestructible.  Most of the time, this one is 
  positioned as a traditional laptop.  
  
  Fedora has had plenty of time to accomodate machines that sold even modest 
  numbers, and Lenovo is anything but modest.  So installation of the latest build 
  is as close to automatic as you can get.  I added kde to the default gnome 
  configuration, but everything else required for scripting and C compiling are in 
  the package.  Updates come frequently via nags, no surprises. 
  
  The battery that came with the machine didn't last long,  A few months and it 
  was little more than a short-lived UPS.  We're now working with a 'Kingsener' 
  Korean replacement, and it's good for 2 to 3 days of occasional use, up to 6 
  hours of compute time before plugging in.  
  
  Now, that trackpad.  It's really irritating, if you're used to a trackpad, that 
  the little bugger jumps all over the screen every time your thumb gets close to 
  it.  No amount of fiddling with the software settings would fix it, and it's not 
  just Linux; the Windoze 7 it came with couldn't control it either. 
  
  A just-short-of-perfect solution is packing tape.  Easy to apply, trim the edges 
  with a sharp knife, it dulls the response just enough for smooth movement.  You 
  still have to be careful on release or the cursor will jump in the direction 
  your finger moves away from the pad.  There may be some undiscovered software 
  that can do better, but for now, it's qwerty.
  
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