Thread: What's the best Handheld gnu/linux machine for 2016?
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2016-03-02 , 01:58
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Originally Posted by marmistrz View Post
The question is "how well". My relative has an Asus T200TA. As of Linux 4.4, the system runs like crap. Freezes, wireless overheats, some detectors cease to work after suspend. Awful!

I guess it may be a good idea to contact the people from who raise the funds. If they see the potential, maybe they'll make sure the Linux drivers exist or hire someone to write them.
Actually the track record for INTEL SoC (Ship-onChit)
is so bad it suppresses interest in those things.
(there is possibly some sort of push to achieve exactly this,
discouraging interest from anyone outside the 'joe six-pack'
consumer horde)
After all the grief of trying to get several types of linux
running on several different Intel SoC systems,
I am now very hesitant to invest further effort.


Xiaomi MiPad 2 Windows 10 Intel Z8500 Quad Core 2GB 64GB


This was the latest on my radar, it runs an X5,
and I could easily pull the trigger and get one,
but I already have a stack of Soc crapware,
and I see nothing to indicate linux will run on it.

Edit:
I see the post by Handaxe which indicates x5 may actually run linux,
assuming:

The worst scenario is that the firmware locks it into WIn10.
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