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rotted mood<p>Has anyone tested out starlabs StarLite? Going to be traveling soon and I only have a desktop so looking to get something to use in travels. Seems like I could pick up a used laptop for less but I also like that I can get a pen and produce art with this. Please let me know any thoughts you have on it if you have used! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/starlabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starlabs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/starlite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starlite</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxtablet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxtablet</span></a></p>
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I finally found time to finish writing up my thoughts on the #StarLabs #StarLite MkV, a Linux-native tablet: lionsphil.co.uk/chaos/starlite

It's...definitely a very, very, reserved recommendation. But also a chunk of y'all who read my toots are the kind of people who are braced for Linux.

www.lionsphil.co.ukLionsPhil's Stuff - Chaos - StarLabs StarLite MkVSome thoughts on a Linux tablet because I don't blog anywhere else any more.

I know I haven't been posting a lot lately, but I wanna say that my @starlabssystems StarLite MK V is becoming better by the month.

The battery time improved quite a bit with recent updates and I am still enjoying the great display and speed overall!

In fact I believe this is pretty much the best linux tablet you can currently get.

I have a @starlabssystems Starlite MK V and I want Gnome to go into the "Tablet" mode whenever I fold the keyboard to the back (deactivate keyboard and open the on screen keyboard). It seems like there is no intended way how to do that therefore I wrote a small workaround.

Does anyone have a better idea?

gitlab.com/Zwarf/starlite-keyb

GitLabZwarf / Starlite Keyboard Fold Detection · GitLabGitLab.com

This moment when right before the holidays your @starlabssystems #Starlite V suddenly stops seeing any Wifi or bluetooth because the last #Debian #Bookworm update now requires iwlwifi firmware version -77 to -89 but the stable firmware-iwlwifi package provides -72, and you need to switch it to backports to get -77, only you have no Wifi or BT... (of course I have an USB Wifi dongle *and* an USB-C to USB A adapter precisely for these cases)

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Hmm, I wonder if this is actually an issue with tap-to-click not getting disabled when the disable touchpad while typing setting is on in GNOME and/or the StarLite firmware.

I’ve just re-enabled the trackpad but turned off tap to click and I don’t seem to be seeing the problem (and the mouse cursor does disappear while typing, which is did before too).

Hmm… I’ll update the issue and fingers crossed they’ll be able to fix it for tap-to-click too.

CC @starlabssystems

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Right, disabled the trackpad entirely and I can at least type again.

Thankfully, it’s a tablet (although you can’t use it for programming – at least in Terminal, e.g., with Helix – in tablet mode because the on-screen keyboard in GNOME does not have all the keys you need. e.g., ESC is missing. Kind of a biggie when using a modal editor) so I can use the touch-screen if I need to (not ideal ergonomically when using it docked but goodness it feels good to be able to type again.

StarLite tablet and Debian Testing

Full post here. https://rene.seindal.dk/2024/08/15/starlite-tablet-and-debian-testing/

I received my StarLite mk V Linux tablet from StarLabs systems a couple of weeks ago. It came with Ubuntu, but as a Debian user for some twenty years, my preference was for Debian, as I have on all the other computers.

I tried with Ubuntu for a while, but even if the differences aren't that huge, it was still a nuisance.

My main preoccupation was that I'd lose much of the tablet-specific parts, such as the touch interface, if I abandoned the vendor supplied OS.

Consequently, I have installed Debian Testing on the thing.

The TL;DR is that everything works, almost out of the box.

René's old blog · StarLite tablet and Debian Testing - René's old blogI've installed Debian testing (Trixie) on a StarLite tablet from Starlaps Systems, and everything just worked.