[gentoo-user] OT: Tablets
Hello, use someone a tablet with Gentoo or alternatives? I want me buy a tablets, but im not sure i can familiar use Android. Has someone a tablet with gentoo or other Distri running? Which tablet i can buy, advice? Thanks & Greetings Silvio
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Tablets
On Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:49:44 +0200, Silvio Siefke wrote: > use someone a tablet with Gentoo or alternatives? I want me buy a > tablets, but im not sure i can familiar use Android. Has someone a > tablet with gentoo or other Distri running? The Nexus 7 can certainly be used with other distros. I tried one that triple-booted to Android, Bodhi (with E17) or KDE couple of weeks ago. How it was done is documented in the current edition of Linux Format magazine. People have also installed Ubuntu on the Nexus 7. -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 33: American history signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Tablets
Am Montag, 21. Oktober 2013, 10:43:46 schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:49:44 +0200, Silvio Siefke wrote: > > > use someone a tablet with Gentoo or alternatives? I want me buy a > > tablets, but im not sure i can familiar use Android. Has someone a > > tablet with gentoo or other Distri running? > > The Nexus 7 can certainly be used with other distros. I tried one that > triple-booted to Android, Bodhi (with E17) or KDE couple of weeks ago. > How it was done is documented in the current edition of Linux Format > magazine. The last time i tried KDE (Plasma Active) on my nexus 7 ot really was pita! Most of the controls where not really designed for touch screens... The concept of the freely placeable plasmoids and the windows also was not realy touch friendly... Of course you can install allmost any Linux with a multiboot-capable kernel (which most of the custom-kernels are...) but you if you really want a gentoo, think about an usb keyboard and at least one bigger iron besides to do crosscompiling! > > People have also installed Ubuntu on the Nexus 7. > Ubuntu? I installed the nightlies about 3 times once a month in the past quarter year... Always: first update - wont boot again... Give them some time... > -- We wish you a Hare Krishna We wish you a Hare Krishna We wish you a Hare Krishna And a Sun Myung Moon! -- Maxwell Smart
Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Tablets
i use an ASUS eee EP121 tablet which has laptop hardware and is a very pricey and hard to find tablet. However, I believe any of the ASUS eee family laptops with touch screens and their tablets like the EB121 and the Transformer can easily have Gentoo installed on them. Just check out the specs of the machines first for familiar hardware like the processor and what the person said earlier.. a USB keyboard is key. you wont get gentoo installed on it without one since the touchscreen wont work and if it comes with a bluetooth keyboard like mine did that also wont work till you compile the bluetooth and touch drivers into the kernel. Happy hunting my friend. On 10/25/13, Jens Reinemuth wrote: > Am Montag, 21. Oktober 2013, 10:43:46 schrieb Neil Bothwick: >> On Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:49:44 +0200, Silvio Siefke wrote: >> >> > use someone a tablet with Gentoo or alternatives? I want me buy a >> > tablets, but im not sure i can familiar use Android. Has someone a >> > tablet with gentoo or other Distri running? >> >> The Nexus 7 can certainly be used with other distros. I tried one that >> triple-booted to Android, Bodhi (with E17) or KDE couple of weeks ago. >> How it was done is documented in the current edition of Linux Format >> magazine. > > The last time i tried KDE (Plasma Active) on my nexus 7 ot really was pita! > > Most of the controls where not really designed for touch screens... The > concept of the freely placeable plasmoids and the windows also was not realy > touch friendly... > > Of course you can install allmost any Linux with a multiboot-capable kernel > (which most of the custom-kernels are...) but you if you really want a > gentoo, think about an usb keyboard and at least one bigger iron besides to > do crosscompiling! > >> >> People have also installed Ubuntu on the Nexus 7. >> > > Ubuntu? I installed the nightlies about 3 times once a month in the past > quarter year... Always: first update - wont boot again... Give them some > time... > >> > > -- > We wish you a Hare Krishna > We wish you a Hare Krishna > We wish you a Hare Krishna > And a Sun Myung Moon! > -- Maxwell Smart > >