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Re: Debian-Linux ally of workstations



Hi Teemu:
Thanks for the most useful information.  To make the story short, could you point out - from the huge assembly you likked to - a specific device that incorporates a monitor sufficiently wide and well resolved to read papers from scientific journals? And listen to discussions. In current terms, a "tablet", however one that could successfully be adapted to Debian or Ubuntu.

In the meantime, I came across a discussion that Ubuntu is looking for a hardware company to launch a high-end Ubuntu-based tablet. It could take time, even if true.

All the best,

francesco

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Teemu Ikonen <tpikonen@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Francesco Pietra <chiendarret@gmail.com> wrote:
I was looking for some sort of i-device that could allow whifi, directed to reading-downloading literature and be capable of talking - via ssh/scp - with my workstations on a local network (not necessarily wireless).

You are probably looking for something which also fits the hardware requirements of the Freedombox project. There's a wiki page of potential hardware here: 

In addition to the list above, there's a legion of cheap Android-based mini-pcs available now, most of which can be made to run Debian / Ubuntu at least somehow. The up-to date specs seem to be two 1+ GHz cores, 1 GB memory and 2-8 GBs of flash storage, plus USB, Wifi and ethernet. The SOCs they are based are Allwinner A10/A20, Rockchip RK3066 and AML8726, and probably others. See here for a good selection:

Best,
Teemu



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