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Is there a tablet with a laptop grade processor that will run Linux well? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I really want my primary mobile computer to be a tablet mainly because I genuinely like the form factor. My current Linux laptop is dying and I thought I'd just buy the newest Lenovo Thinkpad Surface clone but Lenovo seems to have discontinued it because I couldn't find a 2025 version anywhere, same with HP and Dell's Surface clones. And most of the Windows tablets I could find online have dinky Intel N processors instead of Core.

Can anyone recommend a high end tablet that runs Linux well? Failing that, how bad is the Surface really with Linux as the only OS?

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[–] 35 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I have a minis forum v3 that I use all the time. It's got decent CPU and GPU for a laptop class.

It competent runs Indy and older games, has reasonable battery life, and the general performance is more than enough for productivity.

Touch screen works flawlessly, accelerometer required some tinkering as did volume control. Thumb scanner was easy to get working. I have not gone back to try getting the IR camera for face detection working.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    It competent runs Indy and older games

    It runs games on par with the steam deck. Works great for a lot of newer or demanding titles if you set the settings apropriately.

    Does your pen/sylus work?

    I also have a minisforum V3 running archlinux and I can't get the stylus to write in rnote or to draw in krita or to work in Osu!. It just moves the cursor but it never "clicks".

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yes I got a generic surface pen and it worked out of the box without any tweaking.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I have the official minisforum v3 pen.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Ahh, I got mine used when a window 11 update "bricked" a lots of them. Rather than do am RMA this guy just got a new one and gave me the old ones saying if I could fix it then I could keep it.

    Unbricking was not easy so I can understand why he just replaced it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Sheeee-it, þat's got a better CPU þan þe mini-pc in using as my desktop (5800H). Half þe RAM, and I don't suppose þe NVMe is upgradable, is it? But, still, it's a spanking CPU.

    Dang.

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