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        I just received mine after waiting 3+ years actually. It is pretty sweet with waydroid and KDE connect. I’m still not daily driving it because of the lack of a maps application with navigation though.

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            Oh yeah, I saw this on Ubuntu touch also. I’ll see if I can get the flathub repo loaded in. That will certainly increase the variety in apps I can use!

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          1 year ago

          I use Organic Maps on Android, but it also has a Linux version nowadays. I haven’t tried it, but if it’s the same codebase, that might work for you?

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            Oh cool! I’ll give it a shot. Based on the other comment I got, I’ll need to see if I can get flathub into the pureOS store.

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    Really people still purchase from this company? I wonder how many years people we’ll have to wait to not get their tablet?

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      They might do it to subsidise the software development they’ve been contributing to make so much of GNOME adaptive - for which I am grateful.

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    I’m really excited about Linux tablets, but quite apprehensive about Purism as a company. Starlabs’ new tablet does also seem like a compelling package, luckily.

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        You could have a decent experience. Take away the NVME, even with an m.2 ssd, and the oled and bring that price down into the 400-600 range.

        Hell, put an arm CPU and keep those other specs and stay in that range

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      the low power cpu bottleneck for nvme drives is pretty intense from what I know. These specs, to me, look like the equivalent of a tech youtuber just throwing together random hardware into a case to make a build video because it’s a slow week for content.

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    Another Linux tablet is definitely good news. I like Purism’s stated values and their laptops are very solid, the Librem phone was a disappointment for me personally though.

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    I wish them good luck. Only thing that would be important to me is if it can emulate up to gamecube, play some indie/fan games, & good battery life.

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    x86 in an ipad form factor? Boo!

    What linux tablets use RISC? I see PineTab does, but it’s for people who like to brag that they use Arch. Are there any that are more polished?

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      From what I understand, the RISC-V ecosystem is not polished enough yet, so the state of PineTab-V roughly represents the state of the entire platform for desktop Linux.

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        I see they also have an ARM model available. Shit… at $240 after shipping I might buy that for my 10 year old to get him into Linux.

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          As much as I like the idea behind Pine64, make sure you understand what you’re doing - their devices usually need some time before they’re useful, they might underperform, etc.
          On the other hand, they’re usually priced well for what they offer, and I think the ARM model of new PineTab might look better than their usual new offerings. Make sure to find out, how polished it is before you buy.