I am getting old, but I fail to see what the usage of RAM/ROM means in advertising devices; I see many devices, including this one, stating '6G RAM, 128G ROM' => I assume 128GB is not Read-Only Memory. So why is it stated like that? I see it all over the place; phones, laptops, tablets. I understand if it's just a retailer selling, but these guys are supposed to know something about the hardware? Or am I missing something?
JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet
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Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet
#32Wouldn't the Remarkable tablets qualify? They run a pretty standard linux setup, albeit quite minimal.
I wouldn't call an e-ink device a tablet. You can run a browser, maybe even videos somehow but it won't fit the most normal use cases for a tablet.
It's a lot more than a fancy book reader - it's open to modification, so you can SSH and run anything on it. It has a fast enough processor and wifi, so your only limitation is anything that doesn't work well with a slow refresh rate. I wouldn't say that the display technology (the only real difference) is the defining factor for whether something is a Linux tablet or not.
Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet
#33Assuming you don't consider something running the linux kernel to be linux (ahem, android) >It is the World’s FIRST Consumer-level Linux Tablet. ExoPC 2.0 came out in 2010, running MeeGo, which was a linux tablet that shipped with an OS maintained and hosted by the Linux Foundation. >It is the FIRST Tablet powered by JingOS – the World’s FIRST Linux Tablet OS. MeeGo, MaeMo, and the associated tablet OSes from that er…
I think this speak to market demand? There's just not a lot of use of this thing.
I've thought about using an iPad as dev machine (obviously it's not linux, but ssh+termux is basically the same) because of the form factor and battery life. But M1 chip solved that problem to me.
I just don't see why you want to run linux on a tablet, what else other than the command line draw you to linux? It's certainly not windows X. Tablets are just not very friendly to interact when the subject is a terminal.
Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet
#34AMOLED! Consistent with recent reports of a new 7" AMOLED Switch, and AMOLED becoming cheap. Linux is not as tuned for battery life as android, but they claim 10 hours from their 8Ah. Believable. 11", 6.7mm, 500g, 8 core ARM (model not specified; should be the 7x line). Bet it will cost far more than a comparable Android tablet (which can run termux).
> Linux is not as tuned for battery life as android,
On devices that run both that I have (had), Linux always wins (by a very large margin). It does take tweaking and running i3wm, but Android is a hog compared in my experience. As is Windows.
Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet
#35I am getting old, but I fail to see what the usage of RAM/ROM means in advertising devices; I see many devices, including this one, stating '6G RAM, 128G ROM' => I assume 128GB is not Read-Only Memory. So why is it stated like that? I see it all over the place; phones, laptops, tablets. I understand if it's just a retailer selling, but these guys are supposed to know something about the hardware? Or am I missing some…
Guessing the terminology stems off of EEPROM/PROM which was paradoxically, programmable ROM.
It’s probably an understandable misnomer for NAND/flash storage.
Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet
#36I am unconvinced. First of all, Android is Linux based, and not an unpleasant userland if you install Termux and use LineageOS or some other custom fork. Second, even if you don't count Android, there's still Ubuntu Mobile, and PostmarketOS, and Sailfish, and Mobian, and others, all of which existed before this as far as I can tell. Third, this website is drowning in rough marketing speak, with little substance. I ca…
> First of all, Android is Linux based, and not an unpleasant userland if you install Termux and use LineageOS or some other custom fork. Android can be hacked into a passable system, but notice that termux is no longer in the Play store because of locked down permissions and expects further breakage from upcoming OS changes. On the other hand, completely agreed that there are good options available and inbound, so u…
I just checked and termux is still on the Play Store.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux&hl=...
Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet
#37Great！
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#38I've commented earlier on the borrowed looks but the demo images look faked. This is a demo i found on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RadKVkwK6M
The transitions aren't as fast and smooth as they claim but the work has merit no doubt. The test tablet resembles the earlier ipad with large bezels but if they can deliver even half of what they claim and they'd opensource their code. I'll buy one
Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet
#39I am getting old, but I fail to see what the usage of RAM/ROM means in advertising devices; I see many devices, including this one, stating '6G RAM, 128G ROM' => I assume 128GB is not Read-Only Memory. So why is it stated like that? I see it all over the place; phones, laptops, tablets. I understand if it's just a retailer selling, but these guys are supposed to know something about the hardware? Or am I missing some…
Guessing the terminology stems off of EEPROM/PROM which was paradoxically, programmable ROM. It’s probably an understandable misnomer for NAND/flash storage.
I guess you are right. I would never have figured that as someone who used eproms for devices where you could not replace firmware any other way.
Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet
#40Does anyone see any licensing terms?
Their stack is (currently) based on KDE Plasma, but they have not released source code (IIRC) for JingOS 0.6 and thus are violating the GPL already.