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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Linux tablet? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What's the best tablet to install Linux on? I am looking for something affordable (under $200) and light just to use a PDF reader with MEGA sync.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know anything about MEGA sync, but a used Surface Go 1 with 8gb if ram and the 128gb ssd is my daily driver and works really well with Fedora.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Was it an easy install?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

When I installed ubuntu on my surface go 2 it was as easy as there is good known documentation on it. Only thing is you want to pick up a usb c dock to plug a keyboard along with the installation media. https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Surface-Go-2

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The install was really easy even if sometimes the Surface is a bit difficult to boot on an usb drive. I don’t know why but the Usb drive is easier to boot when using ventoy on it with multiple bootable iso’s on it.

Otherwise everything is easy and I had nothing to do to make it work fine on Fedora.

I just don’t know how the installation process would have been without the typecover (keyboard).

Lately I’ve installed the Linux Surface kernel to improve the mouse bluetooth also.