I have an "engineering sample" of an Intel Exopc tablet. Its specs are
below.
It came with the MeeGo Linux distribution. Intel (and everyone else, as
far as I can tell) has abandoned MeeGo. As a result, I installed Ubuntu 11.10.
I probably made a mistake by installing Ubuntu over the entire "disk," rather
than "beside" MeeGo.
I have 5 questions:
1. When I boot the tablet, Ubuntu comes up, there is a symbol in the upper
right that brings up an on-screen keyboard (a poor keyboard, but a keyboard),
and that allows me to enter my password. Once I have entered my password, the
desktop comes up and the symbol disappears. I can't figure out how to bring up
an on-screen keyboard. Luckily, the tablet has USB ports, so I can plug in a
keyboard, but that defeats the purpose of a tablet. Any idea how to bring up
the on-screen keyboard?
2. I read a lot on this listserv about an appropriate file structure
(\home, \misc, \etc). I can't tell if that was installed on my tablet. How do
I find out what my file structure is?
3. (A related question) What is the Ubuntu equivalent of Windows Explorer
-- a program to view and manipulate files and file structure?
4. I can't tell if grub was installed on my tablet. When (hopefully not
if) Android Ice Cream Sandwich is ported to the Intel Atom processor, I would
like to have them both on my tablet. How do I tell if grub is installed?
5. (This may be more of an application question that can be solved by
downloading another application) Ubuntu 11.10 comes with LibreOffice.
OpenOffice Writer allows you to "save as" a .doc file. LibreOffice Writer does
not seem to do that. Is there a way to cure that?
I am not sure if any of you know how Ubuntu works on a tablet, but I
appreciate any help any of you can give.