i’m seriously considering permanently abandoning laptops in favor of tablets. i spent a day working on my wife’s tablet today and it was fine enough for when you’re on the go that the small screen isn’t too much of an issue. plus, you get an extended battery life, no noise, more comfort carrying it around, and the best of all, for much less money
the biggest downside is that, since tablets are technically embedded devices, they’re much more locked up and you basically have no access to the system with the stock rom
so im looking for a cheap tablet ($100-$200), around 10 inches, that i can easily (or at least reliably) install linux to. any recommendations?
not a problem, im only gonna be using it as a kind of “dumb terminal” anyway
At that point you wouldn’t benefit much from the tablet features, have you considered getting a tiny laptop (I can recommend a few)?
no matter how tiny, no laptop is more portable than a tablet
Yeah but they won’t be as locked down and have better specs, there are pocket sized laptops if that’s what you want. It won’t be more portable but it’ll be equvilant.
specs aren’t really that important tbh and i think a laptop will always be bulkier than a device with no keyboard. but i’m accepting recommendations anyway
I checked, if you insist on a tablet your best option is going with an older microsoft surface tablet.