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[Discuss] Linux on tablets
- Subject: [Discuss] Linux on tablets
- From: mail at whats-your.name (cdr)
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:31:50 +0000
- In-reply-to: <87io1qexw2.fsf@johnbyrnes.info>
- References: <87io1qexw2.fsf@johnbyrnes.info>
> By any chance, have you had any success getting a "real" Linux to boot and install on your Teclast tablet both Android-x86 and Debian boot and are usable this is the general idea for BayTrail / Atom based tablets 0. download an installer ISO and dd it to a USB stick - http://www.debian.org/CD/ - http://www.android-x86.org/ 1. get into the EFI BIOS. hold Vol-Up or Vol-Dn while powering on, usually on mine it required touching 'Options', then 'Enter EFI Setup' or so, then a classic curses-style UI opened INSYDE Q2S was the BIOS-Brand, it offered some OS "profile" options, i superstitiously chose Ubuntu: - Steam - Ubuntu - Android - Windows 2. plug in your USB war-chest / swiss-army medusa toolkit if you need one of these, Newegg/Amazon or IRL at MicroCenter is a good bet - USB Hub - USB Keyboard - USB Network stick (something mainstream like ASUS w/ Realtek-inside) - USB Mouse (Logitech wireless is OK, since that bypasses the Bluetooth stack and emulates a USB-mouse w/ the nub) 3. select and run installer for OS, using USB-devices to avoid catch-22 wrt drivers 4. install custom kernel, enable staging-drivers for wifi/bluetooth/touchscreen the wifi was REaltek here , but only in the staging tree and not included in the installer yet (a year ago) the touchscreen was "Goodix", also in staging everything else just worked, Intel integrated-video for Xorg. GNOME has pretty good touchscreen handling, virtual kbds may have had to grab a driver from https://github.com/hadess or similar, it's been a while the last 2 steps can be annoying/impossible w/o the Medusa-USB kit. also drivers may be buggy/broken all this leads to i ended up buying an ASUS. the experience is much more pleasant. it cost about 40% more but IMO worth it: - no wonky Q2S BIOS, good old American MEgatrends! - the touchscreen is SYNAPTICS, no weirdo domestic-brand with buggy staging-driver - the HW is just sturdier, a metal case sinking the CPU Heat more effectively
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