Shall we proceed with insanity (Not a Prince Song)

After getting some new hardware, I have been testing
 it and trying to enlisted some help at UDS-Boston.

Now for the short list:

• the touchscreen is not working yet.
• the webcam is not working yet.
• the special buttons are not working yet.
• the fingerprint scanner is not working yet.
• the hardware volume is sort of working.
  

Another list:

• WiFi worked immediately after install
• Graphics worked immediately after install
• Sound worked immediately after install

What I'm hoping to have happen in the next six weeks, is finding a solution for the touchscreen. That's really the one piece I want happening. I'd also like it if X was flipped automatically  when  the screen is moved into tablet mode. Also in tablet mode, browsing would be so much better if the special hardware buttons worked--there is a bug report for this already in lauchpad.

My primary interest in this machine was its diminutive size coupled with the prospect of having some neat functionality after some work, I did not anticipate that it would all be perfect from the start-but I am quite surprised at how well all the general laptop stuff works which means more can be concentrated on solving the fancy bits.

I do expect that I am not going tol be the most successful at solving these bits, but hopefully there are  number of giants shoulders which I can crawl upon.






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