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StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by pjerem »

afavour wrote: post #73
jauntywundrkind wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

DisplayPort has the huge advantage of being incredibly easy to passively convert into the ultra-legacy-weird-difficult HDMI, where-as the legacy-centric-pita-gross HDMI requires active absurd adapters to turn into DisplayPort. 100% more usb-c please, with alt modes. USB4 mandates every port be able to do DisplayPort output. I really hope we start to see phones and tablets which have >1 USB port. Lenovo has an absurd…

> If we get to 2030 and phones can't plug in to GPUs something is f-ed and the system is broken, tech has ossified grossly. Why? That’s an incredibly minor use case. If you’re expecting something this niche to become the norm then you’re destined to be disappointed.

Because that’s what standards are for : a single base of universal rules that allows you to build what you want over it.

The point is not that phones should be connected to GPUs, that’s a silly idea.

But nevertheless for plenty of reasons including ecology and autonomy of people, it should be the case that any device should work with any other device as long as anyone is able to develop a driver. And there should be no permanent lock against custom drivers.

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by mdp2021 »

meeho wrote: post #32

Upto 12hrs battery life screen on or standby?

Surely screen on (considering other not too distant products).

But very probably: new battery, low screen brightness, network off...

Reasonably less than 12h - say, 8h, 10h - probably well achievable.

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by DANmode »

specproc wrote: post #148
ponorin wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Surface lineup is a weird one because Microsoft uses a non-standard firmware, but even still the support on many devices are great. I have a Surface Go 3 and despite the poor processor it flies on Fedora and I use it daily to do light tasks. Perhaps try with linux-surface kernel?

As someone who just this week tried to put Linux on a Surface (laptop 4), I can categorically say I'm not going to try that again. Totally broken, not even booting properly.

To be fair...Windows 11 on the Surface Laptop line is janky as shit.

I'd be far more interested in what experiences people are having with Linux on a proper Surface Tablet.

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by not_your_vase »

And what about the software? I mean software that can be used without mouse and keyboard?

Currently the main problem is not the hardware, but we simply don't have usable software. I have been driving a PinePhone for many months (still do), but mostly with programs that I wrote for myself after a lot of frustrations about the available software, because having a keyboard and mouse is mandatory with 99.9% of the available Linux applications. So basic (UX) things are missing and/or fatally broken, it's not even funny. This makes a new n+1th Linux tablet a bit pointless in my eyes.

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by predictabl3 »

jwells89 wrote: post #81
Osiris wrote: post #69

No one has mentioned the 2880x1920 resolution display. That’s fantastic I’m this price range. $500 laptops are (nearly?) impossible to find with displays above 1080p.

My question is if that resolution is usable with 2x integer scaling (1440x960 effective screen real estate), because fractional scaling under Linux is still a bit rocky.

No. It really isn't. I can tap a keyboard shortcut and change my desktop resolution in .1 increments and everything just works and scales up and down. I've run my internal laptop display at 1.7 for 3+ years. (Sway)

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by mdp2021 »

tjoff wrote: post #149

Looks much better, and cheaper than I expected. Quality can't be fenomenal at that price point but it looks well thought out from the ground up. Impressive! And thank you for the 3:2 display aspect ratio Gonna keep an eye on this one.

> aspect ratio

The specs say 16:10...

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by wiz21c »

not_your_vase wrote: post #165

And what about the software? I mean software that can be used without mouse and keyboard? Currently the main problem is not the hardware, but we simply don't have usable software. I have been driving a PinePhone for many months (still do), but mostly with programs that I wrote for myself after a lot of frustrations about the available software, because having a keyboard and mouse is mandatory with 99.9% of the availa…

Sometimes I want to buy a PinePhone. Do you mean that one can't send SMS, place phone calls, browse the web, read (not write) emails without a keyboard ? (these four are 99% of my phone usage).

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by runeks »

Turskarama wrote: post #19

I can't help but feel like an x86 tablet is a non starter, the architecture is just too power thirsty compared to ARM.

According to this comparison the performance per watt is roughly the same for the CPU in this tablet (Intel N200) and the Apple M1: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/5178vs4104/Intel-N200-v...

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by fit2rule »

not_your_vase wrote: post #165

And what about the software? I mean software that can be used without mouse and keyboard? Currently the main problem is not the hardware, but we simply don't have usable software. I have been driving a PinePhone for many months (still do), but mostly with programs that I wrote for myself after a lot of frustrations about the available software, because having a keyboard and mouse is mandatory with 99.9% of the availa…

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