Does anyone know how hard it would be to do the same with other tablets like Allwinner A733 ones ? Allwinner is supposed to also have some Linux support.
I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation
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Re: I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation
#212This is exactly what I want from the iPad Pro. Unlock the virtualization support to let me have a debian/ubuntu VM with a complete development environment that I could take for holiday to make emergency fixes, and leave the precious MBP at home.
Sounds like defeating the purpose of a holiday.
Re: I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation
#2138nm SoC. Sounds like it is extremely slow.
Re: I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation
#214Does anyone know how hard it would be to do the same with other tablets like Allwinner A733 ones ? Allwinner is supposed to also have some Linux support.
I tried a Whitedeer WHTG1301 with an A733, but it only uses eMMC as the primary boot device. Now I’ll try another one with an A523 and see if I have better luck there.
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#215Earlier quoted context omitted.
Funny I'm using Ubuntu 24 i3 with vs code on a black 2008 Macbook
How?
Just am, granted my app is basic JavaScript/Electron but yeah, I get these compulsions to buy old tech and use em. Like I bought 3 different ASUS Eee PC laptops and got pydantic ai to run on em with Python. It took hours to build the python wheels.
The 2008 MacBook has a weird smell, it has a new battery but yeah. thought it was perfume from the old owner but I guess it's a thing with these laptops.
I do have to use i3 though, Ubuntu's desktop freezes for a few seconds then continues on the Macbook.
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#216Booting into Debian with most devices fully functional is great. What I'd like to know is what software runs adequately under it in 4 GB RAM. Web browsing should definitely be possible, but I suppose it's limited to very few tabs. Some very lightweight DE could likely make it more usable. Running something like WezTerm + tmux as the DE could be even more economical, leaving some room for e.g. development tools.
Browsers and anything electron-based are your enemy. Firefox is actually pretty good in low-memory situations, silently discarding tabs when under memory pressure, but the main benefit comes from being able to run proper adblocking. Chromium-based browsers just can't compete these days. Otherwise, a bog standard Gnome-based Debian Trixie desktop should be pretty doable. I'm currently using an 8 GB machine with 3.7 GB…
I prefer Firefox as well, I use it with a SOCKS v5 proxy over SSH to access internal sites at work from home.
I never have more than 4-6 tabs open so that would not be an issue.
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#217The situation right now with the Doogee U10 tablet: not commonly available. Once the news gets out about epic breakthroughs on commodity hardware and devices, there's unfortunately a likely spike in the purchase cost, even if such devices can be found at all anymore on the usual online sources of new and used goods.
I went on Aliexpress and I seem to be able to get it for 73 euro.
I've looked again on Aliexpress and all I see there are accessories for the Doogee U10. Anyway, there seems to be quite a bit of that stuff for the U10.
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#218Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here is the tablet that can do this: https://puri.sm/products/librem-11 . It can even run Qubes OS.
Feels not entirely underpowered compared to ARM alternatives, does it have a somewhat decent battery life though?
Looks like about 3 hours: https://forums.puri.sm/t/my-librem-11-arrived-today/21480/16
Re: I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation
#219Booting into Debian with most devices fully functional is great. What I'd like to know is what software runs adequately under it in 4 GB RAM. Web browsing should definitely be possible, but I suppose it's limited to very few tabs. Some very lightweight DE could likely make it more usable. Running something like WezTerm + tmux as the DE could be even more economical, leaving some room for e.g. development tools.
Browsers and anything electron-based are your enemy. Firefox is actually pretty good in low-memory situations, silently discarding tabs when under memory pressure, but the main benefit comes from being able to run proper adblocking. Chromium-based browsers just can't compete these days. Otherwise, a bog standard Gnome-based Debian Trixie desktop should be pretty doable. I'm currently using an 8 GB machine with 3.7 GB…
We use $200 inexpensive Lenovo laptops with 4 gigs of RAM and run KDE Plasma and Chrome as our streaming devices in the LR and MBR using air mouse device to control them. I also installed ZRAM on them. We could use Chromebooks but I like the idea of being in control of the OS in control of the machine.
Re: I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation
#220This is exactly what I want from the iPad Pro. Unlock the virtualization support to let me have a debian/ubuntu VM with a complete development environment that I could take for holiday to make emergency fixes, and leave the precious MBP at home.
Here is the tablet that can do this: https://puri.sm/products/librem-11 . It can even run Qubes OS.
if only it supported sim cards