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====== GNU/Linux on the Teclast F6 notebook ====== | ====== GNU/Linux on the Teclast F6 notebook ====== | ||
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+ | ^ CPU | Intel Celeron N3350 (Apollo Lake) 1.10 GHz, number of cores: 2, burst: 2.4 GHz | | ||
+ | ^ RAM | 8 Gb (option) | ||
+ | ^ Storage | ||
+ | ^ Display | ||
+ | ^ Battery | ||
+ | ^ Dimensions | ||
+ | ^ Weight | ||
===== Using Debian Live to check GNU/Linux compatibility ===== | ===== Using Debian Live to check GNU/Linux compatibility ===== | ||
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- | ===== Problems ===== | + | ===== Unsolved |
* **Keys in the top row** of the keyboard are associated to **multimedia functions** (volume and brightness control, etc.), not to the regular function keys F1, ... F12. Function keys are activated pressing them with the **blue Fn key**. There is not a BIOS option to invert the Fn key behaviour. See this page for a partial workaround: **[[..: | * **Keys in the top row** of the keyboard are associated to **multimedia functions** (volume and brightness control, etc.), not to the regular function keys F1, ... F12. Function keys are activated pressing them with the **blue Fn key**. There is not a BIOS option to invert the Fn key behaviour. See this page for a partial workaround: **[[..: | ||
* The **Fn+ESC** should be associated to the **disable touchpad** function (as per the blue label on the key), but it does not work. See this page for a partial workaround: **[[..: | * The **Fn+ESC** should be associated to the **disable touchpad** function (as per the blue label on the key), but it does not work. See this page for a partial workaround: **[[..: | ||
* The vendor sells the notebook only with **Microsoft Windows 10 Home license included**, it does not offer a refund policy and it does not offer an //operating system free// version. | * The vendor sells the notebook only with **Microsoft Windows 10 Home license included**, it does not offer a refund policy and it does not offer an //operating system free// version. | ||
+ | ===== Controlling backlight from the command line ===== | ||
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+ | You can control the backlight level from the command line (root privileges is required to write): | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | cat / | ||
+ | cat / | ||
+ | echo 76800 > / | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | You can use **xrandr** to simulate brightness control in software (the image is dimmed, but backlight remains actually the same): | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | xrandr --output eDP-1 --brightness 0.5 | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | ===== Power Supply ===== | ||
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+ | The power supply of the Teclast F6 is a **12.0 V** rated at **2.0 A** (24.0 W). The coaxial jack has an outer diameter of **3.50 mm**. | ||
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+ | {{.: | ||
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+ | ===== Battery ===== | ||
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+ | After a **year and a half** of use the battery is practically exhausted: the autonomy of the laptop has gone from the initial 6 hours to about **1 hour and a half**. | ||
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===== Web References ===== | ===== Web References ===== | ||
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