10" tablet that I can install Linux onto

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Limp Gawd
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Anyone installed Linux on a tablet? I understand it's not hard to do.
If so, which ones?
 
Maybe you just want to root an android tablet to give you direct access to the linux OS.
 
drescherjm said:
Maybe you just want to root an android tablet to give you direct access to the linux OS.
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Maybe.
Does that mean any tablet that runs Android could be changed to a Linux tables simply by over writing the OS?
I was under the impression that the Linux OS that we typically see on PC's for example is based on a certain architecture being present.....such as probably doesn't exist on tables?

But then, I really don't know
 
Android is a customized version of linux. If you root it you can get full access to the OS.


The tablets are usually ARM cpus.
 
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Microsoft Surface?

This is basically a tablet-shaped x86 laptop, unlike most other tablets, and as a result, it's very simple to install Linux on it.
 
Dell does a load of 10" or so tablets that have Windows on them. My other half has one with a i3/4GB/120GB SSD in it. Great thing is the battery and SSD are upgradeable too.
 
Hmmm, that's a new one on me. A linux tablet...I don't doubt they exists, just strange I've never heard of them.
 
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Maybe.
Does that mean any tablet that runs Android could be changed to a Linux tables simply by over writing the OS?
I was under the impression that the Linux OS that we typically see on PC's for example is based on a certain architecture being present.....such as probably doesn't exist on tables?

But then, I really don't know
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daglesj said:
Dell does a load of 10" or so tablets that have Windows on them. My other half has one with a i3/4GB/120GB SSD in it. Great thing is the battery and SSD are upgradeable too.
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I installed Linux on a Dell Venue 8 Pro about a year ago. There is a thread in the Linux forum AND a website out there listing exactly how to do it.

What made it hard for me was the BIOS was still 32bit but I wanted to install a 64bit OS because the cpu was 64bit. Ended up having to install, then boot to a command prompt and then install i386 boot files.

That was just the beginning. Buying a tablet with windows already installed, or Android, they come with the drivers for things like the audio chip, gyro, sensors. Installing Linux meant, for me, I had to use workarounds and hacks to make things work, or run scripts to make the screen rotate properly.

I'm not sure why you want to install Linux on a tablet, but I don't suggest one that started as a windows tablet. If the suggestion above holds true (root an android tablet for full Linux functionality), that's the route I would take in a heartbeat.
 
auntjemima said:
I installed Linux on a Dell Venue 8 Pro about a year ago. There is a thread in the Linux forum AND a website out there listing exactly how to do it.

What made it hard for me was the BIOS was still 32bit but I wanted to install a 64bit OS because the cpu was 64bit. Ended up having to install, then boot to a command prompt and then install i386 boot files.

That was just the beginning. Buying a tablet with windows already installed, or Android, they come with the drivers for things like the audio chip, gyro, sensors. Installing Linux meant, for me, I had to use workarounds and hacks to make things work, or run scripts to make the screen rotate properly.

I'm not sure why you want to install Linux on a tablet, but I don't suggest one that started as a windows tablet. If the suggestion above holds true (root an android tablet for full Linux functionality), that's the route I would take in a heartbeat.
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I don't know why anyone would want a tablet full stop but that's just me.
 
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