Ubuntu on a tablet... Is there one?

J dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com
Thu Aug 15 14:44:34 UTC 2013


On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Cybe R. Wizard
<cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 09:09:06 -0400
> J <dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Cybe R. Wizard
>> <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 23:03:10 -0400
>> > J <dreadpiratejeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Cybe R. Wizard
>> >> <cyber_wizard at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Vaporware so far:
>> >>
>> >> Not so much: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install
>> >>
>> >> It's an alpha/tech preview for now, but does exist.
>> >>
>> > Thanks for that.  It looks like a fun project!  That said, it isn't
>> > want the OP (Ken Springer <snowshed1 at q.com>) wanted:
>> > <OP>
>> > "I found a reference on the web about a tablet that comes with
>> > Ubuntu installed.  But couldn't find any further information."
>> > </OP>
>> >
>> > Cybe R. Wizard
>>
>> True, true... however, there was at least one cheap chinese tablet
>> running ubuntu on it, I remember reading about it a while back, and
>> maybe one other, but I don't have links to either at this point.  But
>> that doesn't help the OP out either.
>>
> Here's a Debian/Ubuntu spinoff running on a cheap Chinese tablet:
> <www.pengpod.com>
>
> This email is written on one of their 10 inchers.  It is quite nice on
> the Linux side but comes with too few options for a nice Android
> tablet.

That's pretty cool. Wish the weren't sold out of the 10" ones, but I
may have to pop for a 7" to play with.  Cant beat the price at roughly
$100US.

If I make it back to Asia this year, I'll really have to hunt
harder... I saw plenty of 30 - 40$ android tablets, but nothing
running Linux in the shops. I know they are out there...




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