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Framework won’t be just a laptop company anymore (www.theverge.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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It started with notebooks, but that wasn’t the master plan.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Tablet is almost free, just don't have a hinge and have a touchscreen. Release as Chromebook, it will run Android applications

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why Chromebook?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

To run Android stuff on x86

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Linux can run Android apps since we have Waydroid too and it's universal, no need for single device - single OS nonsense.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago

You can install Linux on their Chromebooks, so it would be good to have the choice. Some people will prefer a slightly more seamless Android experience and some people will prefer Waydroid

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Chromebook makes sense. They could also do full on Linux. Star labs has a tablet coming out, so they don't have to reinvent the wheel for software (I assume, I haven't tried touchscreen Linux).

https://us.starlabs.systems/products/starlite

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A reminder that if something can run Android or ChromeOS doesn't mean drivers would be available for Linux. And usually they aren't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

You can order that tablet with Ubuntu, mint, Manjaro, zorin, elementary, etc. There's gotta be some kind of driver support to build on, no?