Re: What is the future for Debian on (Android) tablets?
Op Sat, 9 Jul 2011 14:25:42 -0700
Mark <mamarcac@gmail.com> schreef:
> A friend is looking into tablets, and one of the main drawbacks we've
> found for Android based tables is that there is no scheduled support
> timeline - i.e. an Android 2.1 tablet isn't necessarily upgradeable
> to 3.0 if Google or the manufacturer (not sure of logistics here but
> assuming it's one or both of them) decides that device won't receive
> the next version upgrade. The same thing is happening with Droid
> phones.
>
> So, when the support life of a device ends (or even sooner), the
> ability to use Debian would be great to extend the life of the
> device. Since tablets (10" specifically) aren't the cheapest things
> out there, it would be nice to be able to have a say in when the user
> determines they don't want to use the device any longer, not because
> the OS has become obsolete by a company's decision.
>
> My internet searches turned up a few posts, but nothing really solid
> as far as the future of Debian on tablets. There are rumors of an
> Ubuntu tablet being made in China, which makes me think there is hope
> for Debian.
>
> Any thoughts or information?
>
> Thank you,
> Mark
Hi.
I'm running Debian stable on an Archos tablet (you should be able to
find many howtos).
Installation wasn't that hard but not without any extra configurations.
Getting android 3.x on this thing seems less easy.
Their do exist some "unsupported" roms (I've never used them though).
Jens
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