[robodude2829]

Brad wrote:

I don’t have time to debate with an idiot who uses terms like “fan-boy”. Go troll somewhere else.

Not gonna lie, you were definitely a larg part of why I was willing to risk it on the Chuwi. I’ve seen how active and helpful you are on this forum and figured if I had trouble with it from the start I could get help from you. Thanks for the time you put in on here!

[robodude2829]

juri wrote:

Hi! I tried on Chuwi Lapbook SE Ubuntu Mate 18.04 (i don’t remember the kernel version at the moment) in live by usb. All the peripherals seem to work excluding the webcam as you said. I only have same troubles with pinch-to-zoom, it does not seem to work!!! Do you have the same problem? Regards. Juri.

I have had better luck with Elementary OS than with Ubuntu. I found the OS to run smoother and overall just be a better experience. Yes, pinch to zoom does seem to be an issue. I may try Manjaro or Arch in the device at some point, but at this point I prefer to keep it with something I don’t have to worry about accidentally breaking (bad memories of the first arch install I screwed up after using for a while).

[robodude2829]

The touchpad works fine, but doesn’t seem as responsive. I have to click on things multiple times sometimes before it will register.

I did also forget to mention that Ubuntu doesn’t recognize the webcam. Not a problem for me since I never use one, but something to consider.

I sometimes have issues with the browser freezing up. The rest of the OS will still respond usually, though. Just have to wait it out, and the browser will work again. Had the same issue with Firefox and Vivaldo. I will try with Chromium at some point. Not sure if I’m just taxing the hardware with how many things I have open (used to running with an i7 Surfacebook).

Battery life has been good so far; plenty to get through a day of use.

Plan to use it as my main computing device for quite a while, so should have better insights in the future. This is with Ubuntu Budgie.

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