I'll take no Intel and poor Linux drivers any day. The only way they're able to compete in the mobile / tablet space is by buying design wins. If anything, with the 14nm Atoms, the gulf will widen even further. The A5x series not only extend their performance per watt lead, but the higher clocked A57s will absolutely crush them in most benchmarks. The only thing they have going for them will be a very short lived process advantage lead .. but Samsung will almost certainly have 16nm chips out by the middle of next year.

Eh ... even if the tablet isn't totally locked down, that's surely a bit of a hope in vain? Sailfish requires Android does it not? Anyway, is the x86 version of Sailfish even being actively developed?