I am working, and I have a lot to do, so I will keep this brief.
Build quality of the gemini is fine.
keyboard will take some getting used to to be able to touch type with any degree of speed, and the layout is odd.
I think I like the hardware. I think I really don't like android on a laptop formfactor, but I can't think of a modern OS that would be better on a palmtop.
I'm planning to install debian soon, and explore from there.
Have any of you out #debian or another #linux on your #planetcomputers #gemini yet?
What works? What doesn’t? What are the essential things to know.
I have a WiFi only model, if that makes a difference.
@keithzg I’m not going to try and flash mine until later in the week. Lemme know how it goes!
@ajroach42 So far sadly not good---the flashing tool mysteriously isn't letting me actually download the flashing image :/
Also it took me ages to realize that the button on the side is *not* the power button and that I have to turn it on by pressing Esc, haha
@ajroach42 Okay so looking into it, seems like there aren't even actually firmware images yet available for the WiFi-only model, weirdly. So it isn't yet officially possible to install Debian on it at all! Alas!
Have you bought it through this Indigogo campaign? Seems promising and exactly what I want.
Highly mobile, Linux and a solid keyboard.
But the price is kinda high with 500$ if I got this right.
@cwcopa yeah, I backed during th I Diego go
@cwcopa the indiegogo, rather.
@ajroach42 Very interested in this myself; mine just arrived in the mail today!
Planning on flashing a dual-boot with Debian on my own WiFi-only model later today once I get home from work (mostly because, due to a somewhat perverse sense of guilt and honor, my PC at work still only has USB 2.0 ports because I try and make sure everyone *else's* PCs are upgraded before mine is, heh).