[LAU] Portable/Touch devices Linux-friendly

[Patrick Shirkey]

On Thu, November 29, 2012 8:16 pm, Carlos sanchiavedraz wrote:
> Hello dear all.
>
> I'm thinking about purchasing some device that is portable, better if
> it has a touch screen.
> I would love your opinion and maybe know about some devices I'm not
> aware yet that are Linux-friendly or have standard components.
>

Wait a few more months. Asus are going head to head with Sony for the
largest touchscreen PC/Tablet and they are going to make it x86... There
will be more of these devices arriving in the next two quarters now that
the hype over Windows 8 has started to subside and the manufacturers
realise they can't ignore Linux solutions.


> The possibilities are:
>
> Netbook / Barebone / UMPC / Headless-Board devices:
> * pros: portable, powerful, versatile, multipurpose, you can use
> almost any repository and distro (x86/x86_64 arq.), multiple
> connections, compatible HW out-of-the-box, UMPCs (Ultra Mobile PCs)
> have touch screens
> * cons: some don't have (touch)screen, some don't have HD, you need
> peripherals (mouse, keyboard), poor HW compatibility (touch screen one
> of the cases), ARM sometimes is not enough for audio
>
> Tablet, Mobile:
> * pros: GUI really touch-driven, don't need peripherals, multi-core
> chips, some companies have Android tablets but they also publish
> Debian/Linux images for the device you could tweak (Archos), HW
> is/could be Linux compatible if it runs on Android, USB compliant HW
> should run
> * cons: limited power (ARM sometimes is not enough for audio), don't
> have typical Linux-audio SW and repositories, scarce quality
> audio-apps, proprietary connectors, you have to develop a mobile
> version of your apps, latency is an important issue on Android
>
> I guess our friends at Indamixx surely had to deal with something like
> this at the time, and now there's even more choices with a flood of
> portable touch devices everywhere.
>
> Thanks all in advance.
>
> P.D: Here are some examples to illustrate:
>
> * Netbooks:
> http://eeepc.asus.com/
>
> * UMPC:
>  - http://www.umpcportal.com/products/Viliv/X70%20EX/
>
> * Headless-Board devices:
> http://www.raspberrypi.org/
> http://pandaboard.org/
> http://beagleboard.org/
>
> * Tablet:
>  -
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00422XOEG/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=fibykr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00422XOEG
>  - Debian in Archos:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGnkzAiuhUk&list=PL281A181403192C58&feature=plcp
>
> --
> Carlos sanchiavedraz
> * Musix GNU+Linux
>   http://www.musix.es
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