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anyone using a surface tablet? (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by turkelton to c/[email protected]

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I'm thinking about getting one and was looking at YouTube videos but none really showed it in use.

Like how keyboard works and all that.

Does anyone here have experience?

Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Have you checked out Pinetab 2? It had a great form factor IMO and is nice and light. (520g vs. 466-495g for iPad depending on model.)

[–] TCB13 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, it looks very close to what I want and I really like the price, but a sub-2Ghz CPU doesn't seem like a good investment. Maybe a future PineTab3 will be more reasonable for me. I'm not even sure if it runs Debian/Gnome properly with everything working, software support seems shady at best. Oh and I need a Portuguese keyboard and they don't sell keyboards for languages other than English.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Makes sense, it is indeed intended to be a low powered tablet. Pine64’s whole thing is that they make the hardware and the community figures out the software: for example, 3 months post release there still aren’t wifi/bluetooth drivers. I love mine but I can definitely see why it’s not for everyone, plus I use an English keyboard so I don’t have that restriction.

[–] TCB13 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well if they at least made other keyboard I would might "bite the bullet" when it comes to software. But c'mon... a tablet released without working wifi?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. You gotta attach a dongle or tether your phone for now. I personally tether.