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JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

villgax wrote: post #6

Is there a linux OS which would be best suited to run on a decade old laptop in portrait mode, mostly for reading PDFs?

Most of them, honestly. Lubuntu is probably the easy choice, or Alpine if you're really resource constrained and don't mind configuring it all yourself.

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

Tendor95 wrote: post #15

Assuming 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…

Pinetab should be usable before this ships, I'd bet.

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by oefrha »

Shared404 wrote: post #10

I 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…

> maybe get something to show first next time.

Well, you can download and install right now[1][2] (see "Download" in the nav bar), although the download link is currently gated by an email collection form which is somewhat unfortunate. (They do send you an .iso download link, yes I verified.) So saying they don't have something to show is inaccurate and misleading. Maybe you meant something groundbreaking to show?

Edit: Oh you're probably talking about hardware.

[1] https://forum.jingos.com/t/jingos-v0-6-release-download/514

[2] https://hk.mikecrm.com/Qzliv4B

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by ekianjo »

Tendor95 wrote: post #15

Assuming 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…

> MeeGo, MaeMo, and the associated tablet OSes from that era shipped over a decade ago.

To be fair there was no touch OS then - it was mostly stylus driven at the time. I don't think any of them had implemented multi-touch gestures for example, but please correct me if I am wrong.

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by httpsterio »

colordrops wrote: post #21

Wouldn'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.

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by hyperpallium2 »

AMOLED! 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).

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