> -----Original Message----- > From: Claudius Hubig [mailto:debian_1...@chubig.net] > Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 9:59 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Debian on 256MB PIII TabletPC > > Dear Steven, > > Steven Grunza wrote: > > > > Hello. I would like to install Debian on a laptop with 256 MB of > RAM. > > Is this possible? > > Installing the system shouldn’t be a problem. > > > I realize this system is _NOT_ going to be a performance machine. > I > > plan on using it for text editing (in laptop mode using keyboard) > and > > taking handwritten notes (in slate mode) > > However, I don’t know whether the tablet will work. If Ubuntu had > problems, chances are that Debian (and in fact, any Linux) has the > same problems. >
From what I could tell the Ubuntu project is getting ready to move from X11 to something else and some of the preparations for that change appear to be causing the problems. I had the same touchscreen problems on my Tecra M4 with Ubuntu but resolved them by moving to Fedora. I'll give Debian a try and see how it goes...
