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Hi all guys,
I have a THD PX1, it has win 7 and supports multitouch.
And I am new to Linux, but I am an expert in android.
I made some researches on different distro of Linux.
Can anyone suggest me any distro that can work on this tablet?
I found Enlighnment 17 desktop environment very nice.
it supports multitouch, have 1.66 GHz intel atom processor + 160 GB hdd and 1 GB of ddr2 ram, and 256 MB ob intel VGA card.
I appreciate your suggestions.

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A concise, practical summary for the THD PX1 thread that builds on ’s point: kernel-level drivers determine hardware support, so the most effective first step is to run a recent Live‑USB and verify both touchscreen and wireless before installing. Enlightenment can be used on most distributions, but the choice of distribution should balance familiarity (easy installers and GUI tools) with how recent the kernel and input stack are.

For machines from the Atom era with limited RAM, prefer a lightweight desktop (Xfce, LXQt/LXDE, or Enlightenment) on a distro that either provides a current kernel or makes it easy to install one. A stable base like Debian or an Ubuntu LTS flavor gives reliability; Ubuntu flavors or a rolling distro will often ship newer kernels that improve device support. Avoid heavy shells if RAM is constrained.

Useful checks to run from a Live session (run in a terminal):

lspci -nn | grep -i network
lsusb
sudo rfkill list
xinput --list
libinput list-devices
dmesg | egrep -i 'touch|input|firmware|wlan|bcm|ath'

Interpreting results: presence of the touchscreen in xinput or libinput means the kernel sees it; gesture helpers such as touchegg or DE-specific gesture settings can be used if raw events are present but gestures aren’t mapped. For wireless, rfkill shows soft/hard blocks; some platform-specific hotkey drivers (acer_wmi, hp_wmi, etc.) can falsely block radios — unloading such a module temporarily (for testing) is a common diagnostic step. If the chipset is Broadcom, expect to install nonfree firmware packages.

Recommended workflow: boot a Live image, run the checks above, confirm touchscreen and WLAN presence, then install. If hardware is detected but not fully functional, adding the appropriate firmware package or a newer kernel typically resolves the issue. The command outputs noted above identify the exact driver/firmware needed for a targeted fix.

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It doesn't really matter which distro you use, because the kernel is what contains the drivers that will support your hardware, so the hardware you have shouldn't be your deciding factor.

My suggestion is just pick a distro and try it. Don't worry too much about which one you start with because you will probably try more than just one distro and figure out yourself what you like.

And since hardware support isn't really that different between distros, better criteria for selecting a distro are things like are you new to linux (try ubuntu) are you looking for something a little more cutting edge (fedora) or do you like to do everything yourself (slackware).

And another thing, no matter which distro you use, you can always switch from the initial desktop environment to the one you want (such as enlightenment).

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can anyone help i have a thd-px1 and cannot find which button to press for wireless network

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