From: jgnewsid@outlook.com   
      
   On 17/12/2025 in message  Jeff   
   Gaines wrote:   
      
   >Accepting I can't do anything about the spec is there a Linux distro that   
   >would make use of the touch screen and run Calibre (or similar) at a   
   >usable speed? At least I could make use of it then as a book reader.   
      
   Many thanks for all the replies :-)   
      
   I downloaded and tried the following using Ventoy:   
      
   antiX-23.2_x64-full.iso   
   ubuntu-24.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso   
   neon-user-20251211-1320.iso   
   linuxmint-22.2-mate-64bit.iso   
   linuxmint-22.2-xfce-64bit.iso   
      
   Ubuntu was very slow to load and I got in a loop where I tried to zoom the   
   screen and couldn't get our of it! I think as it's a fully loaded distro   
   it needs something more meaty to run on.   
      
   All the rest ran fine and recognised the touch screen as a mouse.   
      
   I installed linuxmint-22.2-xfce, went on fine, very responsive, I managed   
   to install Calibre.   
      
   I ran into my Linux bete-noir in trying to connect to the Network to copy   
   my books over, I need a file manager that shows Windows shares instead of   
   torturing my poor old brain into remembering the magic incantation :-)   
      
   I will continue to experiment, there's lots of online articles about   
   getting auto rotate working etc. so will keep me out of mischief.   
      
   Thanks again :-)   
      
   --   
   Jeff Gaines Dorset UK   
   It may be that your sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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