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  • The hardware isn’t so much of a problem as there are companies who can make or source compatible tablets like the PineTab2 and the PineNote.

    It’s making the software compatible with a lower power mobile device and learning what needs to fixed.

    It would have been much easier to deal with getting a tablet up and running before dealing with getting a mobile device functional.

    Making the small steps from laptop to tablet then to phone would have saved them a lot of grief and software mistakes.
















  • I have had several distros working on the X205TA (I even had a how to guide written up on reddit years ago).

    But I was not able to get a usable system (i.e. being able to use the system without waiting on average 20-120 sec for the device to process an action).

    Life has gotten to the point that the effort to do so is better directed into activities that I would enjoy.


  • Dr Jekell@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlGRUB on 32-bit UEFI (Nextbook 2-in-1)
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    7 months ago

    To be brutally honest about this, your best bet is to recycle the unit.

    The problems of trying to get a distro to install properly, have all the hardware working right and have a usable experience are not worth the minimal upsides.

    I have an ASUS X205TA which is a similar unit and after trying for countless hours to get a usable device out of it was not going to be worth the headaches plus if I was getting paid for the time I spent on it I could have brought an off lease laptop with better specs.