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Tablets (news.erebion.eu)
submitted 4 days ago by erebion@news.erebion.eu to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca
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I hope tablets aren't offtopic :p

What would be a small tablet with the following?

  • good mainline kernel support (don't really need camera or sensors)
  • aarch64 architecture (if there's something with another architecture that works well for the other points let me know anyway)
  • mobile data, preferrably 5G, would be fine with 4G if that is not yet a thing
  • USB-C
  • working suspend

I just want something to occasionally read blog posts and Piefed/Lemmy on.

It has to be small. I prefer 8" tablets. 12" tablets are really not for me. Perhaps I could grudgingly accept 9"...

I currently use a Dell Venue 8 Pro 5585, it's previously been a Windows tablet. It works well, although something crashes occasionally that makes it unable to display the batter percentage. Build quality is thin plastic and I always worry about it breaking, so I never carry it with me.

Distro support is not required, I want to port Mobian if I find a suitable device. I've previously done that for the Pixel 3a, so I know what I have to do.

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[-] Canuck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

https://itsfoss.com/linux-tablets/

[-] merde@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

12 Nov 2024

[-] Canuck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

I know. Not much has changed since then that I'm aware of, outside the BRAX Open Slate. GNU/Linux first tablets is currently a slowly evolving category

[-] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 7 points 4 days ago

Tablets seem like an even more challenging space than smartphones for open devices.

Recently read about the Brax open_slate (pre-orders, supposed to be shipping in late 2026), but it's a 12" device:

https://liliputing.com/brax-open_slate-hits-indiegogo-for-469-and-up-open-source-privacy-focused-tablet/

Curious what other alternatives people can suggest. I am also looking for a smaller 9" device.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

There are some kinda DIY raspberry pi tablet things.

[-] erebion@news.erebion.eu 1 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I know, but that's more fiddling around than using it. :p

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 days ago

Well you said you wanted Linux

[-] MidnightMarauder@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

Microsoft makes a small tablet, surface go 2/3 which can run Linux. There are some compatibility issues with LTE if I recal, so when I was looking for something similar I went with a pixel tablet with graphene os.

[-] SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

I think they have a tablet or two on the site, but I do think the mini laptops are super interesting. https://www.crowdsupply.com/laptops-and-pcs

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Tablets are shit these days. The first version of the Galaxy Tab S6 was good hardware but terrible software, saved with LineageOS. An SM-P610 might be good if you can find one and flash it. But I couldn't use it for work. The Pixel Tablet is probably the best compromise esp since it takes Graphene.

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