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Sailfish OS showed me what Linux phones could actually be, and we need more of it (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

More than a phone, I want a good 7-10" Linux tablet. Something like a Samsung Tab S7 but pure Linux, not Android. Full-fat USB-C (video out, etc) with a slim keyboard cover. I seem to have a lot of low-level hacker-y needs while out and about but I don't want to always carry my laptop.

These days a tablet is a luxury, a phone is a necessity. You can iterate a mobile UI on a tablet slowly. Shooting to replace a phone means you need to hit a much higher bar of quality. It seems like an easier path to adoption.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago*

    I got one of those ARM Chromebooks specifically for this (PostMarketOS, no keyboard cover tho) but now it's mostly collecting dust since I have a laptop and just use that. Although someone in the house uses it for watching very legally obtained shows in mpv... though "uses" is a strong word since I basically press all of the buttons for them. Shame it's not getting more use though, as it is about 40x more power efficient than said laptop. Maybe with a USB-C dock that costs 2x more than the thing... My phone also collects dust silently until I need 2fa from it since I don't even have a SIM card.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    You know what made a good Linux Tablet? The Microsoft Surface Gos. I got a few second hand from work and they were nice at the time. A little light on RAM by modern standards, but size and shape was good, and Linux ran remarkably well on them.

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