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WizardStan

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As I was typing just as Wally locked the topic and thus wasn't able to respond ( :P ) the HP Touchpad runs Ubuntu just fine. I tried it and while it was an amusing experiment I didn't like the full experience it attempted to bring (not really suitable without mouse and keyboard, I found), so I installed Android instead.


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I put it on my Touchpad back in February or so, in a mad dash to try to port something to a tablet because work thought we could do something we couldn't. I could not get the touchscreen to work, at all. I read up and down and found nothing on this, spent all day trying to get it working. I was pretty put off by the experience. I understand it was extremely experimental and in early stages then but you shouldn't release stuff like this without good instructions or a massive disclaimer.


But I take it things have improved since then? You have a link?
 
No, it was actually back in 2011 that I tried. There was a very easy to follow set of instructions for getting it going at the time. I didn't have the problems you did getting it to start but I didn't stick around to really test it for long because I didn't like it. So installation since then has actually regressed? Weird.
 
Could have been a completely different package, or maybe a newer distro revision broke things.. or maybe I did it wrong. But I don't think the people who were doing it had even started before 2012.
 
As I was typing just as Wally locked the topic and thus wasn't able to respond ( :P ) the HP Touchpad runs Ubuntu just fine. I tried it and while it was an amusing experiment I didn't like the full experience it attempted to bring (not really suitable without mouse and keyboard, I found), so I installed Android instead.


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Shit happens :P
 
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Indeed. :P


Still, questionable trolling aside, it could be an interesting topic.
 
Linux could just be hacked onto a tablet . Or ... We could actually help Promote the Pandora and not discourage people from buying one .
 
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Still, questionable trolling aside, it could be an interesting topic.
I thought so too


There are a lot of good reasons to use a tablet like looking something up in the internet, quickly chacking your e-mails or your server state? xD showing photographs, watching videos or the news. They do not replace desktop computers or Laptops (when you want to do serious work) but they have their own advantages and strengths.


Whats missing for Linux to be fun on tablets is a good handling concept for the UI. Android for example doesnt really feel like Linux anymore and since Ubuntu uses Unity I switched to Debian (like it better anyway xD ).
 
This might be a totally different topic of discussion, but I've seen ideas thrown around on porting angstrom to some of those cheap Chinese android game handhelds.


At least for the devices running an AMLogic chipset have both GNU linux and Android kernel source code available from the AMLogic, getting them from the device manfacturer after parts have been added is the challenge. Certain drivers for some of the hardware other than the chipsets are also sometimes available (they all should be available technically)


But I wonder how much work would be involved in making hardware drivers written for android backwards compatible with standard linux.


where would someone even start when looking to do something like that?
 
The Vivaldi tablet looks interesting and approximately 200€ is a very good price. But I'm not sure wether I like Mer with Plasma Active or not. I'll probably end up buying one and try to run something else xD


Vivaldi: http://makeplaylive.com/


Mer: http://merproject.org/


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