[ale] possibility of a non Android Linux tablet

Sat Feb 25 17:00:16 EST 2012

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Anybody following this? http://makeplaylive.com/ The Spark tablet Open
Hardware designed and OSS.

On 02/25/2012 04:53 PM, Ted W wrote:
> I pre-ordered the Kindle Fire and really like it. I have mine
> rooted and have loaded ADWLauncher on it. I didn't know that people
> had ICS running on it already. I remember when it first came out I
> was working with a few members of XDA-Developers to get it working.
> Contrary to popular opinion, I have ound the 7" tablets to provide
> the best compromise between portability and usability. If I need a
> larger screen to do "real" web browsing I have my 12" UltraBook. --
>  Ted W. < Ted at Techmachine.net <mailto:Ted at Techmachine.net> > 
> Registered GNU/Linux user #413569
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 25, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Jim Lynch wrote:
> 
>> On 02/25/2012 12:43 PM, Collin Pruitt wrote:
>>> On 2/25/2012 10:50 AM, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> 
>>>> Here I am replying to my own email again.  Well, I've been
>>>> thinking and thinking about this.  There's no doubt that I
>>>> WANT a tablet, although that would be one more computer to
>>>> maintain and one more to try to prevent from getting viruses.
>>>> Android is a huge virus target.  However, my NEED to go to
>>>> Atlanta Bread Company or Starbucks and look at websites,
>>>> check email, or check financial charts is not that great,
>>>> when I can generally go back home in 10 minutes and get 
>>>> access to my computers.  When I had that Pandigital tablet
>>>> for a few days, I couldn't get it to attach to Atlanta Bread
>>>> Company's internet at all.  And, when I've had my laptop
>>>> there, performance is spotty at best.  I can always take my
>>>> laptop somewhere if I really want to.  In the end, I think I
>>>> might want to keep or reallocate the $ 200 more than I want
>>>> to have a tablet.  I think that I might just get a new slim
>>>> case for my 15.6" laptop as well as a separate power supply.
>>>>  That way, if I want to go portable, I can just put the
>>>> computer into standby mode, put it in the case and go.  Now,
>>>> if I had a couple of thousand dollars to burn, I wouldn't
>>>> flinch about spending $ 200, but that's not the case.
>>>> Regardless, thanks to those who responded.  I learned a good
>>>> bit about the HP Touchpad tablet and the Acer Aspire One
>>>> netbooks during my research.  If I were going to buy
>>>> something, it would probably be either one of those or a
>>>> Kindle Fire or an Acer Iconia tablet.
>>>> 
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> 
>>>> Ron
>>> 
>>> I think you should try to look at it from this perspective: A
>>> tablet is a convenience device. Press the power button, slide
>>> your finger to unlock, then open your app, all of which can be
>>> done in under 5 seconds, while a laptop takes much more time to
>>> do the same thing with. That's why I got a tablet of my own, so
>>> I can stop lugging my laptop everywhere with me for simple
>>> tasks like reading email and looking up websites. I don't need
>>> a Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM and a 15.4" screen to check Facebook
>>> or read the news. I also don't always have the time or the
>>> space to bring my laptop out. It's uncomfortable at best to
>>> hold a laptop with one arm while trying to reasonably do 
>>> something on it.
>>> 
>>> Basically, don't ever intend on doing something intense on a
>>> tablet device, because that's not what it was designed or
>>> purposed to do. It's purely a device of convenience and speed.
>> I went for a compromise after getting tired of lugging the laptop
>> around and got a Toshiba Netbook.  Upgraded the memory to 2G and
>> replaced the HD with a Sony hybrid 4 Gb SSD cache in front of a
>> 500 Gb drive.  I love it.  I installed Linux Mint 12 and it boots
>> up in less than a minute and works fine.  The keyboard is
>> acceptable and I hate touch pads, but that's all there is.  When
>> I'm not in range of free wireless, I have an Android and can
>> crank up the Wifi in it.  Not the fastest game in town, but gives
>> me connectivity most anywhere I am likely to be.
>> 
>> For less than a pad, I have a more capable box, IMHO anyway.
>> 
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