alt Hacker NewsI got one of these a couple of years ago, put Linux on it, and was pleased as punch: https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/linux-chuwi-minibook-x/
It's actually the keyboard that surprises me the most: I think it's really good (and I consider myself a bit of a keyboard snob). I've never had any issue like the author describes, of having to strike keys just-so.
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Very different reports of the keyboard in this thread. Are there different builds of this or something? Or is it just a very polarising keyboard?
I've got the N150 model, dual booting Ubuntu and Windows (very rarely use Windows to be honest though). I hadn't noticed any issues with the keyboard either, though the touchpad can do strange things at times, so I usually plug in a mouse. Also, I think the screen is really nice too.
With those brands it's quite possible they changed it later without listing that anywhere. Same for the Linux support, which they also specifically not provide officially (and there is a developer post somewhere that they dont ever test on Linux). Made me not buy this when I searched for a travel notebook last year.