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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 hyperpallium2 »

tluyben2 wrote: post #34
hyperpallium2 wrote: post #29

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).

> 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.

Good to hear!

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by linmob »

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…

Don’t forget all the Chrome OS tablets (yes, I am willing to call these Linux tablets), like the Lenovo Chromebook Duet.

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by noobermin »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #23
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.

The pinetab is not good enough to be anyone's daily driver

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by travisgriggs »

As a Linux loving hacker, this sounds fun to play with.

But pragmatically, how does something like this stack up against an iPad/iPadOS? If I'm to believe the press, Apple's chips are quite a ways ahead of the competition. And as much as I love developing on Linux running lxqt, I get the impression that display stacks and application development kits are also way behind in terms of efficiency, power use, and just general programmability/accessibility. Am I a victim of bad press. I'm honestly curious whether they're even in the same realm.

If anything, something old school like Enlightenment or Sawfish would be fun to play with on one of these, just for the sheer "trick it out" ethos.

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by jodrellblank »

httpsterio wrote: post #27
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.

They advertise it as "the world's thinnest tablet" in the callout circle of text on the picture, the biggest main feature on the front page of https://remarkable.com/

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by pekinlcc »

pratio wrote: post #38

I'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

That video is a JingOS demo on a Surface Pro 6. Not the JingPad.

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by mkl »

nikolaj wrote: post #12

my nokia 770 disagrees (from the bottom of a tub of old cables and networking gear)

If Wikipedia is to be believed, that's smaller than many of today's smartphones (apart from the 19mm (!) thickness). Not really a tablet, despite the name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_770_Internet_Tablet

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by happymellon »

linmob wrote: post #42
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…

Don’t forget all the Chrome OS tablets (yes, I am willing to call these Linux tablets), like the Lenovo Chromebook Duet.

Don't modern ChromeOS systems let you run Linux desktop applications?

They sound pretty much like they are Linux systems that beginning to let down the facade.

Re: JingPad A1 – Consumer-level Linux Tablet

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Post by pratio »

travisgriggs wrote: post #44

As a Linux loving hacker, this sounds fun to play with. But pragmatically, how does something like this stack up against an iPad/iPadOS? If I'm to believe the press, Apple's chips are quite a ways ahead of the competition. And as much as I love developing on Linux running lxqt, I get the impression that display stacks and application development kits are also way behind in terms of efficiency, power use, and just gen…

Apple's chips are definitely faster and as an iPad user of since the first ones available, Apple UI stacks are really good. Especially now, since they're being aligned across the platforms. There's definitely stuff to complain about but I don't think this is meant to be an iPad competitor. There's been a shortage of proper tablets and alternatives in general.
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