Re: Tablets hacked ? was debian debootstrap arch etc....
On Tue, 20 May 2014 20:45:07 +0200
John Holland <jotihojr@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 20.05.2014, at 20:35, RichardBown <richard@g8jvm.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 20 May 2014 14:02:18 -0400
> > "Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> >
> >>> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 02:42:07PM +0100, RichardBown wrote:
> >>> not sure how much is needed , there is a lot of number crunching
> >>> So the question now Len , is who will admit to opening up one of
> >>> the cheap Chinese tablets and having a good rummage around
> >>> inside ???
> >>
> >> Those are especially likely to be impossible to find specs for and
> >> hence getting anything other than the android they came with
> >> running may be near impossible. Linux and android is NOT the same
> >> thing.
> >>
> >> Also the lack of a serial console makes the tablets a pain to work
> >> with. Touch screens just don't work very well (or usually at all)
> >> with linux.
> >
> > hiya
> >
> > I was wondering more of the ones that development boards were made
> > available that ran linux. I'm aware of the relationship with
> > android and linux.
> > There are a few on the market that the chipsets are known.
> > \If the linux support for bluetooth is adequate to use an external
> > keyboard it doesn't matter if the touch screen is not very
> > responsive. I'm not the only mad person around :)
> >
> With no affiliation to the company, I'd like to suggest an Utilite
> {Standard,Pro}. People have got the thing running pretty good with
> recent kernels. They both have mSata interfaces that need to be
> exposed externally. Seems like no hard task and you can even let the
> guests see it...
>
That looks useful John, one minor problem is the exchange rate nearly
1:1 GBP to US$, actual GBP 1 = US$ 1.68
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