Hi all,
Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet like the iPad or an android tablet?
I have an iPad and I run into things I wish I could do with it every day. Linux on my tablet would rock!
Thanks in advance...
Sent from my iPad that I hope will be running Fedora Linux soon
On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:30:41 -0600 CS_DBA cs_dba@consistentstate.com wrote:
Hi all,
Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet like the iPad or an android tablet?
Not really.
Each small group of Android devices needs its own highly customised setup. Unlike a PC there is no real standard or consistency across the different groups.
In addition you often need custom flash tools and the like to do the setup and you can also break some of them for good if you get it wrong.
It's very different to a PC as it's intended to be a device with specific kernel and setuo running a specific environment, and everything is specialised.
How it plays out longer term is an interesting question. Clearly PC hardware is moving into that sort of form factor, although again not all of it is 'PC like' and some of the ARM folks are working more on standardisation.
Alan
On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 09:30 -0600, CS_DBA wrote:
Hi all,
Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet like the iPad or an android tablet?
I have an iPad and I run into things I wish I could do with it every day. Linux on my tablet would rock!
I just bought a Dell Inspiron Duo.
Firstly, I'd say its an iPad killer. Its has USB ports. It has enough power to run youtube videos. It does Flash, for better or worse. It has a 320GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM. It has Bluetooth, ie it can be tethered to a phone. It has enough power to run real applications. And on and on.
Probably the biggest downfalls are that it doesn't have a camera and its a bit heavier than an iPad, but it also has a real (usable) keyboard built right in and when you close it up the screen is totally protected.
As far as Linux goes, I haven't run it (yet) on my Duo, but there are videos on youtube of it running Ubuntu Unity in a pretty snappy fashion.
If you (or others) want to run Linux on a Tablet, I'd say its a very good place to start. I'll let everyone know when I get around to installing it.
The other thing to be aware of is that the KDE team is working on something called Plasma-Active. I recommend Googling it.
I looked into installing Linux on an iPad and was deterred by a number of issues. The best thing about the Duo is that its totally open and free of all encumbrances. You don't need to jail break it and the chances of bricking it or running afoul of something the manufacturer engineered in are just about zero.
As far as I am concerned, for my usage, a Duo is far better than an iPad. I am very, very happy with mine.
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:00 AM, Linuxguy123 linuxguy123@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 09:30 -0600, CS_DBA wrote:
Hi all,
Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet like the iPad or an android tablet?
I have an iPad and I run into things I wish I could do with it every day. Linux on my tablet would rock!
I just bought a Dell Inspiron Duo.
To save anyone else on the list who cares about such things the trouble of doing a web search, it has an Atom processor.
FWIW
On 25 April 2011 20:00, Linuxguy123 linuxguy123@gmail.com wrote:
I just bought a Dell Inspiron Duo.
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If you (or others) want to run Linux on a Tablet, I'd say its a very good place to start. I'll let everyone know when I get around to installing it.
I'm very much looking forward to hearing more about this.
Linuxguy123 wrote:
On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 09:30 -0600, CS_DBA wrote:
Hi all,
Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet like the iPad or an android tablet?
I have an iPad and I run into things I wish I could do with it every day. Linux on my tablet would rock!
I just bought a Dell Inspiron Duo.
Firstly, I'd say its an iPad killer. Its has USB ports. It has enough power to run youtube videos. It does Flash, for better or worse. It has a 320GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM. It has Bluetooth, ie it can be tethered to a phone. It has enough power to run real applications. And on and on.
Probably the biggest downfalls are that it doesn't have a camera and its a bit heavier than an iPad, but it also has a real (usable) keyboard built right in and when you close it up the screen is totally protected.
The lack of a camera will be a problem for some people.
As far as Linux goes, I haven't run it (yet) on my Duo, but there are videos on youtube of it running Ubuntu Unity in a pretty snappy fashion.
If you (or others) want to run Linux on a Tablet, I'd say its a very good place to start. I'll let everyone know when I get around to installing it.
The world awaits your progress.
The other thing to be aware of is that the KDE team is working on something called Plasma-Active. I recommend Googling it.
Yes, now that GNOME is adopting a "you will do it the way we like it" attitude I'm looking at other WM options.
On 5/7/11 1:18 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
Linuxguy123 wrote:
On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 09:30 -0600, CS_DBA wrote:
Hi all,
Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet like the iPad or an android tablet?
I have an iPad and I run into things I wish I could do with it every day. Linux on my tablet would rock!
I just bought a Dell Inspiron Duo.
Firstly, I'd say its an iPad killer. Its has USB ports. It has enough power to run youtube videos. It does Flash, for better or worse. It has a 320GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM. It has Bluetooth, ie it can be tethered to a phone. It has enough power to run real applications. And on and on.
Probably the biggest downfalls are that it doesn't have a camera and its a bit heavier than an iPad, but it also has a real (usable) keyboard built right in and when you close it up the screen is totally protected.
The lack of a camera will be a problem for some people.
As far as Linux goes, I haven't run it (yet) on my Duo, but there are videos on youtube of it running Ubuntu Unity in a pretty snappy fashion.
If you (or others) want to run Linux on a Tablet, I'd say its a very good place to start. I'll let everyone know when I get around to installing it.
The world awaits your progress.
The other thing to be aware of is that the KDE team is working on something called Plasma-Active. I recommend Googling it.
Yes, now that GNOME is adopting a "you will do it the way we like it" attitude I'm looking at other WM options.
And this is a problem, how? Remember, we do have options. Windows and MacOSX users don't.
Gnome is 'dumbing' down, as I've stated several times, here and to others in the RH network, to capture those who are not happy with Windows and the repeated problems they have encountered. Progress on the Wine project has helped immensely in this effort as well. I do expect to see a growth aspect as people move from Windows with its inherent problems to a much more stable workstation platform, Linux. We just have to make it 'friendly' and we will be further along...
Then we can hope that some of them will 'look under the hood' and realize there are better performing WMs for their purposes.
James McKenzie
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