On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:06:55AM +0100, Chris Walker wrote:
On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:35:12 +0100 Chris Green cl@isbd.net wrote:
I'm getting totally fed up with trying to use Android tablets to do anything remotely useful, they're full of junk software you can't get rid of and you can't access the parts you want.
So, can one get a tablet (7" or maybe up to 9") that runs some vaguely normal version of Linux?
I have a Jolla phone and for a short while they sold a tablet but although I placed an order and paid my money, I never got one. They are being sold however on places like ebay.
No actual Jolla phones or tablets for sale that I can see, just accessories for them.
Or, how about removing Android from the tablet and installing linux?
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Convert-an-Android-Device-to-L... http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/install-linux-on-yo...
Yes, that second is a route I have considered but:-
If you read the first article (the Linux Magazine one) it doesn't really *replace* Android with Linux in most cases, it just runs Linux in the Android phone. I want to get rid of the space hogging Android junk.
The TechRadar one is better but requires an x86 tablet which I don't have at the moment, I guess they're not too expensive though. However reading the article suggests that the results aren't all that brilliant.