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Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by netcan »

"A tablet when you want it, a PC when you need it"

I'm not sure if I'm being naive, but it seems to me that for a decade, the laptop market has had a ridiculous hole. There is a market for something which is not windows, at a sub $500-$600 price that is good. Tablet UI, desktop, whatever. Something that can run skype, whatsapp, tinder and the other network-effect apps that can replace their 3 year old home laptop and be an improvement.

How is it possible that all the mobile stuff from the last decade has not opened up real and substantial competition to Windows in that bracket.

Anyway, this looks easily worth €259 if think you may want one.

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by bcook »

green7ea wrote: post #53

I want to be really excited by this because this seems very cool but the mediatek processor and the 2 GB of RAM makes this a lot less interesting. Mediatek usually provides a closed off, low price, low performance chip which kind of clashes with what I want from an Ubuntu device.

What was your intended use of an Ubuntu tablet? Server-farm? Gaming?

I am pretty excited, but it is Linux on a tablet, which is kinda the worst of the worst from a performance perspective. Hopefully this marks the beginning of an increasing trend of more open & capable Operating Systems on our mobile devices.

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by goodplay »

green7ea wrote: post #53

I want to be really excited by this because this seems very cool but the mediatek processor and the 2 GB of RAM makes this a lot less interesting. Mediatek usually provides a closed off, low price, low performance chip which kind of clashes with what I want from an Ubuntu device.

Different strokes for different folks I guess.

I've been interested in evaluating Mediatek processors for desktop usage for a while now. I think this tablet offers the best opportunity (and lowest friction) to do this due to who they're target this at: developers and open software folk (unlocked, open software).

Hopefully, this'll turn out a positive experience and more OEMs hop on board.

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by galfarragem »

hauget wrote: post #5

Anyone have experience with BQ HW? Is it any good? For the price (300eur) I'd actually be willing to try the HD 1920 x 1200 version, IF the HW and battery life turn out to be solid.

I recently bought my first smartphone(!), a BQ A4.5, pure android, always updated, with 5 years of guarantee(!) by 150€. I recommend it: good battery, good western design and enough performance for me (low resolution with a good screen improves performance).

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by Eric_WVGG »

andersen1488 wrote: post #18

But... why?

For anyone under the age of fifteen, there's a moderate likelihood that touch devices -- in the form of mobile phones -- have been their primary computing devices literally their entire lives.

Someday soon there's going to be a generation of young programmers who are simply more at home on a touchscreen than a laptop. If the Linux world doesn't have devices and a usable UI for them, it might lose them altogether.

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by mtw »

edent wrote: post #54
mtw wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So you can install and run nginx, redis, Atom.io, postgres etc. on this?

Yes. It's a full Linux machine. Well, that's what I've been told - we'll see once they ship.

Nice. Tempted. I wish they'd offer a nice keyboard that goes with it and clips (magnets?) to the tablet.

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by ekianjo »

eckza wrote: post #31

> The world’s first convergent tablet Sorry guys, M$FT had you beat to market by about... what, four years? > 16 GB internal memory Come the fuck on, now. I don't want to deal with the atrocious read/write speeds of MicroSD. 16 GB internal memory hasn't been impressive since sometime around 2007. This looks promising but it's definitely not for me. I hope someone uses it and likes it, but I think it still has a ways…

Oh is there a Microsoft tablet available for 300 USD? I thought so. And there's nothing convergent about the Surface. Without a keyboard what can you really do with it?

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by CaptSpify »

oddlydrawn wrote: post #70
CaptSpify wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can, but IME, it's all terrible. I've tried so many android ssh-clients, and they are all either closed source, or don't work smoothly.

If you're rooted on Android, you could put a full Linux distro on it with chroot.[1] You could even set up a vnc server and use that to get into Xorg. I'd recommend using a physical keyboard for any long term use or may quickly learn how strange RSI feels at the shoulder. You may also need a busybox installer app to get things working. [1] - https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Change_root

I've done the chroot, and it's slow and bulky. Although you are correct that it does work, I still don't feel it works well.

I also want to be able to configure my tablet from within my shell, and that means I'd have to be outside of the chroot.

Re: Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Tablet – Pre-order

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Post by mtw »

netcan wrote: post #71

" A tablet when you want it, a PC when you need it " I'm not sure if I'm being naive, but it seems to me that for a decade, the laptop market has had a ridiculous hole. There is a market for something which is not windows, at a sub $500-$600 price that is good. Tablet UI, desktop, whatever. Something that can run skype, whatsapp, tinder and the other network-effect apps that can replace their 3 year old home laptop a…

Why would you want tinder on a laptop?

I'd pay more for a device that allows you to code, write a doc, do basic photo processing, etc. In my case, I wouldn't bring my 15" macbook pro when travelling or going a business meeting, but this could go anywhere

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