Strong Chineesium odor on this one.
Can I put Debian on it and expect everything to work? am I the FIRST to ask this?
JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet
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#12my nokia 770 disagrees (from the bottom of a tub of old cables and networking gear)
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#13cool!
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#14Does anyone see any licensing terms?
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#15Assuming 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 era shipped over a decade ago.
>It is the FIRST Time you can use a Linux-based Tablet as your daily driver.
To be fair, the ExoPC was a huge piece of crap.
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#16Bring back the CrunchPad, imo
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#17Is this gonna end up like all the other first consumer Linux tablets, like the JooJoo or the Archos 10?
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#19I 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 until they actually ship this warrants some skepticism.
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#20I 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.
Meh, and the integrated Google spyware baked in? (because most Android is not LineageOS out there anyway), so there's a dire need for alternatives anyway.
There is also no way for end users to update their Android devices, so you end up with something disposable the day you purchase them.
> Ubuntu Mobile
They changed their name btw, and its still shipping with a terrible browser, and based on outdated sources (did they even move to 18.04 yet?)
> PostmarketOS
Not usable in touch mode