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Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« on: March 16, 2011, 12:34:43 PM »
Hi all!

I just got online for the first time using my brand new Efika MX Smartbook! I'm typing this in Firefox on Ubuntu 10.10 "the Maverick Meerkat" that was pre-installed on the computer.

It's an amazing little thing! Incredibly light weight and not one single moving part! The only noise is from my fingers tapping the keyboard!

I'm thinking of writing a little review on it and post it here on Amiga.org, with photos and maybe a video or two. AROS is being ported to it after all... :)

Stay tuned!
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2011, 12:49:10 PM »
People on Morphos portal were saying that ubuntu very sluggish on this system, not fault of the system but with ubuntu.
 
I generalyl find ubuntu very snappy on everyhting ive used it on
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2011, 03:16:50 PM »
yeah man, cool stuff! aros on an arm netbook from genesi! i want one! :elvis:
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2011, 04:51:50 PM »
Looks like the iPad / Xoom killer I was lookin for. And loads cheaper.

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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2011, 04:54:00 PM »
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People on Morphos portal were saying that ubuntu very sluggish on this system, not fault of the system but with ubuntu.
 
I generalyl find ubuntu very snappy on everyhting ive used it on
Ubuntu is a sluggish monster on everything, to be honest. Being more lightweight than Vista isn't enough anymore. :D
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2011, 05:14:54 PM »
Shoot, no external VGA out... Still it would be great for a lot of what I do.

Anyone try the latest diet ubuntu...
http://www.osnews.com/story/24476/Lubuntu_Finally_a_Lightweight_Ubuntu_

I really liked http://www.xubuntu.org/ but it really isn't that "light".
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2011, 05:19:27 PM »
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Shoot, no external VGA out... Still it would be great for a lot of what I do.

Anyone try the latest diet ubuntu...
http://www.osnews.com/story/24476/Lubuntu_Finally_a_Lightweight_Ubuntu_

I really liked http://www.xubuntu.org/ but it really isn't that "light".


Just install the Liquorix kernel and Ubuntu is as snappy as Amiga OS, even on this old single core Athlon 64 with integrated Nvidia crap I have here.

http://liquorix.net/
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2011, 05:27:07 PM »
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Ubuntu is a sluggish monster on everything, to be honest. Being more lightweight than Vista isn't enough anymore. :D

I don't have any problem with it, even on a single processor G4 system. The Genesi system might be slightly slower, but I've been using since I had a 733 Mhz processor in my Powermac and the only thing that was slow were certain graphics packages (no decent support for Flash under PPC Linux either - rather like MorphOS).
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2011, 06:06:31 PM »
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I don't have any problem with it, even on a single  processor G4 system. The Genesi system might be slightly slower, but  I've been using since I had a 733 Mhz processor in my Powermac and the  only thing that was slow were certain graphics packages (no decent  support for Flash under PPC Linux either - rather like MorphOS).
Flash and Linux is a bad combo anyway. :D

Thing is, when you're  running with netbooks with low-power CPU's such as the Intel Nano, you  dont have that kind of raw power that you have with a 733 MHz PPC! Thus,  a full-fledged distribution will feel sluggish. It's not as much  a problem with Ubuntu, as it is a problem with most distros using  Gnome/KDE as stanard DE's. A custom install using Openbox or another  light-weight distro will be much snappier.
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2011, 08:07:01 PM »
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People on Morphos portal were saying that ubuntu very sluggish on this system, not fault of the system but with ubuntu.



As I understand it there's no video driver.  Perception is everything and if there's no 2D acceleration it will seem to be slow even if it isn't.

That said it's a cortex-A8 so it's not exactly a high end desktop...
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2011, 08:16:36 PM »
What's the point of an ARM based system without a touch screen?
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2011, 08:42:09 PM »
Whats the point of a touch screen on a notebook?
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2011, 09:33:11 PM »
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Whats the point of a touch screen on a notebook?

A8 is not a bad processor, just because A9 and A15 perform higher does mean the A8 isn't more than adequate.
Touchscreen, touchpads? I'd still rather have a mouse.
The problem is I can get an Atom based netbook for about the same price (with video output) that will outperform Genesi's offering.
An OMAP A9 based system would have been better and would not have cost as much.

Next year OMAP moves to the A15. Then performance will be higher than Atom.

I could see buying a netbook based on that processor for $299.
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2011, 01:26:20 AM »
Netbooks are dead.
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Re: Genesi Efika MX Smartbook
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2011, 01:40:30 AM »
how does aros run on it ? curios to see if ir runs better than the acerone version
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