i’m seriously considering permanently abandoning laptops in favor of tablets. i spent a day working on my wife’s tablet today and it was fine enough for when you’re on the go that the small screen isn’t too much of an issue. plus, you get an extended battery life, no noise, more comfort carrying it around, and the best of all, for much less money
the biggest downside is that, since tablets are technically embedded devices, they’re much more locked up and you basically have no access to the system with the stock rom
so im looking for a cheap tablet ($100-$200), around 10 inches, that i can easily (or at least reliably) install linux to. any recommendations?
A second hand old Surface Pro could work well.
Im considering an old surface go as well
Have you looked at ubuntu touch supported devices?
That might do some tablets - although i guess they’re focussed on phones - and I think have very little resources.
Vheck out chuwi tablets
ty they look pretty nice and the shipping price is fine
I miss Netbooks. Chromebooks suck, but most can be formatted and have linux installed
I miss Netbooks
i dont lmao. they felt crammed and were too bulky at the same time
Pinetab 2? https://pine64.com/product-category/pinetab/
pine stuff has excellent cost/benefit, but…
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You are making a mistake. You are comparing an Android or iOS tablet, that have a user interface that makes sense for these devices, and you’re trying to shoehorn Linux in them, and expect the same “fine enough”. It won’t be, because while it might work, it won’t be ideal. Linux was optimized to be used as a desktop OS, with a mouse or touchpad. You’d have to install something like LineageOS to get it working properly, but then you will lose the cool abilities of a linux desktop for the most part. Conclusion: get a tablet if you want, but don’t throw away your laptop.
Edit: Also, this was posted just an hour ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H669Fwtv-3o
Well, gnome exists.
and it seems to work pretty well with touchscreens according to the video
