Comment by matthewn
11 hours ago
I got one of these a couple of years ago, put Linux on it, and was pleased as punch: https://www.mahnamahna.net/blog/linux-chuwi-minibook-x/
It's actually the keyboard that surprises me the most: I think it's really good (and I consider myself a bit of a keyboard snob). I've never had any issue like the author describes, of having to strike keys just-so.
With those brands it's quite possible they changed it later without listing that anywhere. Same for the Linux support, which they also specifically not provide officially (and there is a developer post somewhere that they dont ever test on Linux). Made me not buy this when I searched for a travel notebook last year.
Very different reports of the keyboard in this thread. Are there different builds of this or something? Or is it just a very polarising keyboard?
It’s possible at this price point that it’s a normally decent keyboard but with horrible quality control.
I've got the N150 model, dual booting Ubuntu and Windows (very rarely use Windows to be honest though). I hadn't noticed any issues with the keyboard either, though the touchpad can do strange things at times, so I usually plug in a mouse. Also, I think the screen is really nice too.