[PLUG] Looking for an x86 Linux tablet

[Nat Taylor]

"pre-installed linux is required"
a Nokia n800 or n810 (no cell radio) or a n900 or n9 (have cell radio)
or that above linked ubuntu tablet
or maybe the Jolla Phone, if Sailfish OS qualifies...
Not sure what other Maemo or MeeGo or Mer tablet/phones there are...

On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Ronald Bynoe <ronald at bynoe.us> wrote:

> Do you need a touchscreen? I have a Raspberry Pi touchscreen device that
> can run on a battery. I also have a Chip (https://getchip.com/) OpenSource
> Linux handheld, but it doesn't have a touchscreen I don't think. I really
> like the Chip, but it is a slow ARM CPU. If you need something beefier, I
> also have a Chuwi Hi12 tablet which is just like a regular Android tablet,
> but Chinese: cheap, unreliable sometimes, and really cheap. The thing was
> like $200:
> https://www.banggood.com/Chuwi-Hi12-Intel-Z8300-Quad-
> Core-1_84GHz-12-Inch-Dual-Boot-Tablet-p-1044181.html
>
> It runs an Intel CPU, but you won't be gaming on it. It also has plenty of
> USB ports. Getting Linux to work with its wireless has been a pain for
> people, but you say you don't care so much about that, and it would work
> with a regular USB Wifi dongle. I have the tablet, a detachable keyboard
> designed for it, a stylus, screen protector, and case, and the whole thing
> was less than the cost of a regular high-end Android tablet.
>
> There's also the case of grabbing an old used Android phone, and installing
> AOSP on it, hooking it up to a USB On-the-go cable, and using that as your
> mobile device to log data and whatnot. I have old phones I use as remotes,
> car ODBII loggers, security cameras for my house, just about anything. I
> think at one point I had 5 really old Android phones running Cyanogenmod as
> wifi home monitoring security cameras, they're great: they have SD Cards
> for nearly unlimited offline storage, reliable wifi, power off USB so they
> don't require wall-warts, and they have backup batteries so they don't stop
> working when the power goes out!
>
> Pleasantly,
> Ronald Bynoe
>
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net>
> wrote:
>
> > On 11/07/2017 01:48 PM, Galen Seitz wrote:
> >
> >> On 11/07/17 11:20, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>
> >>> Basically I'm looking for functionality similar to a PDA such as a Palm
> >>> Pilot. Ideally it would run an i386 build of Debian [no major problem
> >>> with AMD] - for maximum compatibility with my desktop and laptops.
> >>>
> >>> I don't have a good idea of what is available. My web searches have
> >>> gotten many hits on the day to day problems using one but relatively
> >>> little on what's available.
> >>>
> >>> Any suggestion for on line computer retailers [i.e. NOT amazon or ebay]
> >>> whose sites I should browse?
> >>>
> >>> Suggestions on "how to search" welcome.
> >>>
> >>
> >> While Intel has been improving with respect to power consumption, they
> >> still have difficulty competing with ARM in the mobile market.  That's
> >> why x86-based phones are rare to nonexistent.  If you must have x86, I
> >> suspect the best you can do is to look at the laptop/tablet hybrids that
> >> are on the market.
> >>
> >> galen
> >>
> >>
> > I'm looking for a physical form factor similar to a "smart phone"(sic;).
> > Cell network connectivity is a minus.
> > WiFi &/or Bluetooth OK but not required.
> > I'll have a data collection app and will usually transfer data via a USB
> > flash drive.
> > If i386/AMD64 a hindrance, ARM is acceptable.
> > I have a strong preference for Debian but a pre-installed Linux is
> > required.
> > Must be an off the shelf part. Low cost wins over featuritis ;)
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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