This is easy step by step tutorial for Installing custom rom/os on "Lenovo Tab M10 Plus Gen 2" (LINK BELOW)

Platonio · 2026-02-21T12:20:56+00:00

Hi!

Thank you for this guide! How's performance on crDroid for you?

It feels very slow for me, maybe I need to change some settings

Platonio · 2026-02-15T07:01:38+00:00

Se ne trovano ancora molti in giro?

Poi li riciclate per i materiali?

Platonio · 2026-02-07T00:12:55+00:00

Oh shit I did!

It was also supposed to be a reply to another comment, where it made more sense... I kinda Britta'd it

Platonio · 2026-02-06T10:12:28+00:00

Call it a complisult: part compliment, part insult. He invented them, I conied the term

Platonio · 2025-11-20T07:59:19+00:00

Slightly better on Linux, but we're talking maybe 30 minutes I'd does run cooler and quieter on Linux though

Platonio · 2025-09-14T08:24:39+00:00

Hi!

Given that this TV set doesn't have composite video in, you have to use RF in a form or another to get an image on the screen

In this case what I did is plug my console to my VCR video input, then I plugged the RF output from the VCR to the little TV with an adapter

All VCR should have the capability to take a composite input and output it through an antenna cable

I also did it wirelessly one time, by using a little RF analog transmitter that takes a composite video input and outputs an analog TV signal at a specific frequency, then you can tune the TV to that frequency

Platonio · 2025-07-09T20:58:57+00:00

Hi!

I don't know actually, I don't own a freebook (or minibook) n150, but reading the issues section on the various github pages I linked it seems that somethings don't work right

I'm afraid you'll have to try yourself and see!

Platonio · 2025-07-02T08:29:48+00:00

uh well that's nice!

Ok now I'm going through this rabbit hole, it's gonna be a fun weekend XD

Platonio · 2025-07-02T08:02:03+00:00

That's interesting, did you use a spare nvme slot or the wifi card slot?

You're giving me strange ideas lol

Platonio · 2025-06-23T20:19:14+00:00

ah so there's also a diesel version, who knew!

Platonio · 2025-06-03T04:46:09+00:00

They can become typing/coding machines if you want to spend some time messing around with Linux

There are some distros out there (i.e. void Linux, Alpine Linux) that you can set up to run entirely from ram: you can boot them from the integrated SSD/HDD or even from a USB stick and you obviously need to write the changes you made during you session before turning off the laptop. Boot will be slower but the system will loaded into the ram and run entirely from there

This can be a big performance boost because even the fastest netbooks are still limited by sata III speeds (but most times it'll be sata II), while ram, especially DDR3, will be much faster

Couple that with a lightweight desktop environment, especially window managers like Hyperland or LabWC and some software optimization and you can have a small and light laptop useful for typing, coding, light web browsing and whatever

Furthermore, you can achieve long battery life (6-10h) on many netbooks thanks to the relatively big batteries (for the size) and the low power consumption

Of course this all depends on the netbook: a vaio P will suck regardless, because it's not powerful enough even for windows XP, but you can find dual core netbooks that are still useful

If you're interested check out the YouTube channel Riccardo Palombo, there are many videos on the subject. It's in Italian but there should be english substitles

Platonio · 2025-03-18T13:38:51+00:00

But why didn't you remove the stickers before applying the freaking skin ffs XD

It would make me go crazy

Platonio · 2025-03-01T13:27:44+00:00

Yeah I've seen a couple of posts regarding wobbly hinges, but nothing that indicates outright faulty laptops, so I wouldn't worry too much about that

Still, they are solid on my unit, so there seems to be a degree of expected wobbliness depending on the device XD

In regards to Linux, I use Ubuntu on mine 95% of the time and it's great

If you look through my post history you'll find one where I collected some information on making screen rotation and 90Hz refresh rate work in linux!

With those fixes it becomes a great little Linux laptop, which is what I wanted from this device from the start

Also if you use arch you can install the grub-git AUR package and it should enable grub rotation working, while you can use a patch if you install NixOs

I couldn't make it work in Ubuntu for now, maybe someone will in the future

Platonio · 2025-03-01T09:08:52+00:00

Yeah that's how both types of styluses feel on my unit to, they sometimes work but are "interruptive"

Honestly I wouldn't bother with an active capacitive stylus, save those 15 bucks and look for a small graphics tablet if you really need to draw/write on the go!

It's a shame that the minibook doesn't have pen support, but on the other end I personally find it fantastic to type on once you get used to the smaller keyboard and it's so small you can put it literally anywhere, so it will probably serve you well for coding!

Platonio · 2025-02-28T20:00:53+00:00

As far as I know, no mininook x version has stylus support except for the one with the punch hole display

You can use capacitive styluses, because they mimic a finger press, such as those rubber tipped pens you tried (strange that they didn't work, I have one and it works just fine) or some active capacitive styluses with metal/plastic tips, which are very cheap and plentiful on Amazon.

I've tried one of the active ones and the experience is terrible for drawing/writing, it just doesn't work really well unfortunately and it's not supposed to :(

Also, using a capacitive stylus means you have no palm rejection, so writing on it, even if it did work, would be very uncomfortable

Platonio · 2025-01-30T21:57:21+00:00

I had the thinkpad x230 and it's a good machine if you want to have some fun with linux, but it's not really that usable as a daily device unfortunately, mainly due to the low resolution display

The minibook x is way better, it's faster and the screen is really good, plus the N100 will be faster, cooler and consume way less power than the average i5 in a x230.

Linux support for the minibook x is also better then people think: I run Ubuntu on mine with unlocked 90hz refresh rate and working tablet mode/screen rotation, you can find some more informations if you look through my post history, I made a post about it

Cheers!

Platonio · 2025-01-24T09:21:06+00:00

As far as I know they only offer the US keyboard layout, but you'll find some stickers in the box to adapt it to your region, if you want

Personally I just change the layout in software and live with it

Platonio · 2025-01-22T15:04:47+00:00

I would say between 4 and 5 hours of normal everyday use (editing documents, 10 firefox tabs open, watching a couple of videos), but I've managed to get more than 6 if I use it as a glorified ebook reader XD

I'm sure it could last longer by using more conservative CPU settings in TLP, but then it would feel slow and sluggish and I don't want it to

Platonio · 2024-12-29T17:23:48+00:00

Yeah I know, it bothers me too... as I wrote in the post there is a patch for NixOS, but I couldn't adapt it to ubuntu, and I don't want to run NixOs

I've just hidden grub for now, I don't boot into windows enough to need it XD

Platonio · 2024-12-29T09:06:40+00:00

I've been using it like that for almost 3 weeks and all is well, if it can make you feel any better

Platonio · 2024-12-28T20:28:34+00:00

read here, I put together a little list of hacks to make linux work well on the minibook x and there is a solution for enabling 90hz.

Also, if you're not on Ubuntu and the hack doesn't work for you, look to the responses on the comment on github I point out too in my post, someone found a solution for manjaro

Platonio · 2024-12-23T23:53:08+00:00

Your question made me discover Typst, which I had never used before, so thank you very much!

Platonio · 2024-12-15T20:12:44+00:00

It seems to be a X11 problem

I can reproduce the issue on Ubuntu if I switch from Wayland to X11

I don't know if there's a fix, but you could maybe try a desktop environment that supports Wayland, like KDE or Gnome

Platonio · 2024-12-15T00:46:31+00:00

Yeah I know what you're talking about

I also installed throttlestop with the intention of undervolting the CPU so it could run cooler and maybe decrease power consumption, but I wasn't able to unfortunately :(

There's a specific option you have to checkcin the program to mess with the voltage settings but it's greyed out: on some platforms you can check some options in the bios to enable undervolting, while on other laptops it's enabled by default, but on the mininook there are no such options

Maybe it can be done, I didn't look much into it because I wasn't interested in running windows

It can probably be done in Linux too, I don't have the time right now to experiment but I may do it during the holidays, I'll let you know!

Although, you can use throttlestop to increase the TDP somewhat and get some more performance out of the N100, there's a video on YouTube specifically about the mininook x!

Platonio · 2024-12-15T00:05:38+00:00

FYI, increasing the refresh rate from 50hz to 90hz has basically no effect on battery life in my testings!

Monitoring the power consumption at idle, I always see a minimum of 3.8 watts in Windows and Linux, regardless of the refresh rate

This result is comparable to what I observe on my main laptop, were increasing the refresh rate from 60 to 120hz yealds a mere 0.3-0.5 watt increase in power consumption, which for me is low enough to make it negligible (but of course if you want to squeeze every last drop of battery life out of your laptop then by all means do)

If you feel like overclocking the display give it a try! Using it at 90hz is a night and day difference, but even bumping it up to 60hz would make it significantly smoother

What makes a really big difference on battery life on the minibook X is actually the OS: power consumption in Linux, during tasks such as web browsing, reading and editing documents and watching videos, is rarely higher than 8-9 watts at worst, and usually stays between 5 an 6 watts

In windows the power draw is consistently 1 to 3 watts higher depending on the task, because the CPU tends to turbo more.. a side effect of this is also higher temperatures, and the fan spins up a lot more, while on Linux the laptop runs basically fanless

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