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Re: Linux and tablets?

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Am 23.01.19 um 04:41 schrieb T:

> Any news on tablets and Linux?

The tablet market is almost dead, most manufacturers already left the 
scene. Which is kind of sad - especially the 8inch devices used to be a 
nice compromise for an ebook reader which can do more during travel. 
Phones are too small for reading large amounts of text, convertibles are 
too heavy, dedicated readers are single-use.

Non-Android Linux on mobile devices is dead. Apparently, all attempts 
failed to gain a sustainable market.

In the 12inch-and-larger class, there are x86-based convertibles, which 
of course can run a full-fledged Linux. Their usability is rather bad, 
though, because none of the common linux desktop environments is 
optimized for touch screen use.

> I did a google search and found a lot of old Ubuntu hits but
> they did not seem to catch on.

They tried to get into the mobile market a few years ago (which was the 
main reason for their solo attempt with the "unity" desktop), but failed 
and gave up on this goal.

Hergen

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Linux and tablets? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-01-22 19:41 -0800
  Re: Linux and tablets? Hergen Lehmann <hlehmann.expires.5-11@snafu.de> - 2019-01-23 09:59 +0100
    Re: Linux and tablets? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2019-01-23 03:26 -0800
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        Re: Linux and tablets? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2019-01-23 16:24 -0500
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