I wish this had a pen. I'm waiting for a Linux tablet that can be used with Krita.
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I'd buy it in a second if it had a pen. Like the wacom/spen on the Samsung tablets
Same, it would be an instant sale from me.
Not exactly a tablet, but Ive been using an old Thinkpad Yoga for Krita with its built in wacom pen. Got it used for like $150
XP-PEN Deco Mini 7, works out of the box with the generic kernel driver as well. Posting in case someone's looking for one.
Well there's always the option to buy something like a Samsung Galaxy Book3 360. It's a laptop that comes with an AMOLED touchscreen, a 360° hinge and the S-Pen. You can put a GNU/Linux distribution on it and enjoy free/libre and open-source software with a tablet-like user experience while keeping your integrated keyboard and touchpad (it's the best of both worlds!), and the S-Pen is amazing and works on Linux because it uses standardised Wacom protocols. They're not inexpensive though.
That's not a bad idea. Thanks for the recomendation! I had forgotten that s-pens use wacom tech.
It's not exactly the same, but current and last gen Samsung tablets can run Krita. I've never used it on desktop though so I don't know if the Android version is worse in some way but I've had a great time with it on my Tab S8 Ultra
Why would you want a tablet with an Intel processor? Especially with Linux, which unlike Windows, runs perfectly fine on ARM.
Does everything run on ARM? Steam, Wine, stuff like that? Are the power optimisations as good on Linux/ARM as on x86? Not saying they aren't, but I imagine on a laptop replacement thingy x86 makes sense due to this kind of support.
Are the power optimisations as good on Linux/ARM as on x86?
ARM chips use less power, that's kind of the whole point.
The processors do, that doesn't mean the desktop Linux distributions are well optimised for it. The available Linux phones have garbage battery life and a bunch of other issues.
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That’s not really the use case for a tablet. It'd be nice to run Android apps, but I think that’s possible on Linux on ARM.
As long as something is running a desktop OS, anything is a use case for it. Maybe that's exactly the point why it's x86. It has a 12" inch sceeen after all, so it's not like it's just a mini 8" tablet you take to bed to watch vids before sleeping.
I want one! Well, I'd rather have one with a 10" display, but this looks good too.
Another fine kbin thumbnail image caching bug. Prepare for our entire instance to comment.
I'm ready to draw my pen out. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Someone knows something like this with (possibly color) E-Ink?
Or maybe an E-Reader where you can go out of the reader application and install Android/Linux apps (e.g. you can "hack" them without much trouble)?
Nowhere near as powerful, but you might find this interesting https://beepy.sqfmi.com/? It has a similar display to e-ink
It's a bit of a DIY thing but cool if you're into that, especially if you already have a pi zero.
Check out this article: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/messing-beepy-formerly-known-beepberry
Paid 200 for an old surface, it literally races with arch. No problems whatsoever. But libreboot would be nice.
I'll wait for the arm architecture equivalent.
Okay but why is the thumbnail an erotic underwear model with her bush out?
IIRC it's a kbin isduIsue only. Some problem with cached images
If it is not W, I'm fine with that.
That is a valid question. I cannot find the thumbnail image on the site.
