Vye Mini-v S37

So my Vye S37 just arrived. It came with Vista on it; I booted it once (actually about three times, after it did all its setup-reboot-repeat shenanigans… sheesh) to check that it worked, then booted Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix from a USB drive.

Here’s a list of what works in UNR out of the box:

• Everything.

Okay, technically I don’t know that everything works – I haven’t tried Bluetooth or the card reader or most of the buttons on the display (in fact I suspect that at least the screen rotation button will need some custom fiddling), but the two main things that other people seemed to have trouble with in older versions of Ubuntu – WiFi and the touchscreen – work beautifully. Well, I haven’t tried to use WiFi yet, ’cause all the routers around me are locked, but it can see them.

I am well pleased. I’ll post some thoughts on UNR after I’ve played with it for a while.

Ah… Just noticed that the touchscreen doesn’t quite go to the edge of the screen. I can live with that. If that’s what everyone else is complaining about then, frankly, what a bunch of whingers.

Edit: Oh, I see, menus and whatnot are at the edge of the screen, which makes the touchscreen thing important. Well, I found the touchscreen maker’s site the other day and they seemed to have well-maintained Linux drivers (there’s an installer for the last several Ubuntu versions, including 9.10), so I’ll see what can be done about it later.