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Running Linux on a chinese laptop - strang3quark - 23-04-2018
Some time ago I bought a cheap chinese laptop, it is a Teclast F7, it is cheap, has a great build quality and a reasonable performance.
When I bought it, it was almost a perfect Linux machine, the only problem was the touchpad (it didn't worked on Linux).
Now it's possible to use the touchpad with this patch:
Code:
https://github.com/brotfessor/sipodev/blob/master/b/i2c-hid.cFor 245€ this is great linux laptop to carry around, I think this patch also works with other similar chinese laptops.
I did a simple guide on my personal blog:
Code:
http://strangequark.tk/index.php/blog/20180423_teclastf7linux