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P5music:
Hi,
recently I bought one Asus eeeNote (EA800).
It is a linux based ebook reader that features a wacom pen which allows the user to write by hand into graphical notes or add remarks and notes to pdf's or books.
It has some bugs but works. It can browse the internet in wifi (no flash), play music, record, shot photos, and so on.
At this link:
http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/asus-eee-line/37789-asus-eee-note-peek-within.html
you will find a very long thread that focuses on hacking the device to solve some problems or add features. I do not know if other threads exist on similar subject but I think this is a fresh new world.

I am curious if someone on this forums has the knowledge to understand if Tinycore can run on it.
The device was dissected by someone and it showed very strong openness: for example its system is on a sd-card that is found inside. If I understood the thread's posts it is an ARM machine.
It stays in stand-by for long time so boot process is not an issue anymore (future devices will drain few energy in sleep mode so they have not to be rebooted often).
The eeeNote compiled Tinycore should have to feature a  graphical keyboard and perform  sleep mode easily.
I think a device of this sort with Tinycore on it could be used in several ways.
I wait for your opinion.

Juanito:
if it's an arm machine tinycore will not run on it

curaga:
I recall some keynotes on making X run on e-ink screens (avoid unnecessary updates, since the refresh takes many seconds), but don't know if that was made part of Xorg.

We have a couple on-screen kbd extensions in the repo.


Other than that, ARM ;)

P5music:
What's wrong with ARM?

Juanito:
Nothing's wrong with arm, it's just that tinycore is compiled for the intel (or equivalent from amd, etc) instruction set and so will not run on an arm processor

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