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Re: new, open source Linux tablet, 7" with kde plasma !!!

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Originally Posted by MartinK (Post 1157348)

This is probably why it has the Mali 400 GPU:
An Open-Source, Reverse-Engineered Mali GPU Driver
Announcing The Lima Open-Source GPU Driver

So this thing really has the potential to be FULLY open source, without a closed GPU driver - which is major blocker in most other devices.

nobody complains about mali gpu, my problem is that it underperformes in this soc

Re: new, open source Linux tablet, 7" with kde plasma !!!

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Originally Posted by GrimyHR (Post 1157302)

just because i want a open source gnu/linux powered device, doesnt mean i will settle for sub par hardware for a steep price(when compared to what i'm getting for it...)

I think you're just not in the target group. - Most people who'll buy this pioneer device will buy it for the open GNU/Linux stack and will hardly look into the hardware details as long as the browser won't choke when rendering popular websites. - For all I read about the C71, the hardware isn't exciting but decent enough.

Re: new, open source Linux tablet, 7" with kde plasma !!!

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Originally Posted by benny1967 (Post 1157355)

lol, pioneer my ***...i use gnu/linux on all my devices and im a gnu/linux fanboy, but im not going to justify their poor choice and praise just because its linux, my criticism is completly valid until i'm proven wrong
dont get me wrong, i would adore a device similar to this one, but made with better choice of hardware for the same price and with gnu/linux as OS, this one just fails by my opinion unles the problem is in the android drivers and will be fixed in this(which i dont believe is the case)
if the problem is in the drivers, ill just buy a 125$ variant of this tablet and flash the OS from this 200€ variant, maybe donate them 20$ if possible afterwards

Re: new, open source Linux tablet, 7" with kde plasma !!!

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Originally Posted by luca (Post 1156928)

The question is, do those $120 tablets have every driver in the mainline kernel or do they need binary blobs?
Of course the same question applies to this 200€ tablet, since even the raspberry pi depends on binary blobs.

That's the central question here.

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Originally Posted by luca (Post 1156928)

That wouldn't be a problem if there were binary blobs available for every new kernel revision, but that's generally not the case and a perfectly functional device cannot be kept up to date.

Even if there were guaranteed binary blobs for every kernel version it would still be a problem because these blobs would still be proprietary.
Seeing this as a problem is the very difference between Open Source and Free Software.

Re: new, open source Linux tablet, 7" with kde plasma !!!

And a problem anyone that has owned a N8x0 knows by heart.

Re: new, open source Linux tablet, 7" with kde plasma !!!

Relationship with Mer much more explained in http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2012/01/o...licensing.html

(BTW, if anyone speculates, I'm not involved with this except in my function as project architect in Mer, let's see where I'll end up :)

Spark Linux tablet specs updated, going up for pre-order next week

Spark Linux tablet specs updated, going up for pre-order next week:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/05/s...order-next-we/

I don't know, for this price I expected at least a 10" screen + 1GB ram. How this compares with kindle fire?

Re: new, open source Linux tablet, 7" with kde plasma !!!

CordiaTAB deja-vu...

Re: new, open source Linux tablet, 7" with kde plasma !!!

Time will tell if it ends the same way...

Re: new, open source Linux tablet, 7" with kde plasma !!!

I'm quite convinced, that Spark will make it into customers hands. My comment was rather about presented specification. Still, it doesn't seem to be "this thing".

/Estel