[LAU] Portable/Touch devices Linux-friendly

[david]

On 11/29/2012 10:06 PM, Carlos sanchiavedraz wrote:
> It looks fine. I guess someone somewhere sometime will get to put Linux into it.

I'm thinking of getting a Kindle Fire HD (drooling over the 8.9) but 
more for portable non-music creation - writing stories, drawing.

I understand Ubuntu is working on a version for Android machines, which 
I presume would include a rooted Kindle Fire HD.

> I've been fighting for quite some time with an UMPC that don't support
> Linux, and at least for once I would love to change some configure&fix
> time to just-play time.

Me, too! Holiday time too busy at work, plus upcoming family time. Have 
two reggae songs languishing for need of more melody and perhaps being 
integrated into one (since the lyrics of the second began as a revision 
of the first).

At the moment, listening to various covers of "Put A Little Love In Your 
Heart" - Annie Lennox & Al Green, Jackie DeShannon, Lulu. Now listening 
to Dolly Parton's cover.

> Thanks, David.

You're welcome!

> 2012/11/29 david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com>:
>> Kindle Fire HD? They can be rooted. Don't know if there's any Linux that
>> would run on one.
>>
>>
>> On 11/29/2012 01:33 AM, Carlos sanchiavedraz wrote:
>>>
>>> 2012/11/29 SxDx <sed at free.fr>:
>>>>>
>>>>> From: "Carlos sanchiavedraz" <csanchezgs at gmail.com>
>>>>> But I think their maybe two heavy to carry, and I would prefer
>>>>> something robust for live use and traveling.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have both an archos g9 (ssd version, no hd) and a nexus7.
>>>>
>>>> I didn't play much with audio yet. I just hacked the g9 to
>>>> put the linux I wanted, rooting by hand (for the funz), not
>>>> using the official method. Doing so, I had to plug/unplug the
>>>> mini-usb cable very often to debug my rooting/rebooting process
>>>> and now the connection is weak. I have to turn the cable before
>>>> plugging it so that there is some tension in there otherwise
>>>> it won't work. The version I have has also a weak display; when
>>>> you press behind the screen you have this "wavy" effect appearing
>>>> on screen (you know, when you press too hard on a LCD display, there
>>>> is this kind of wavy thing). The overall construction does not seem
>>>> very solid (it's plastic).
>>>>
>>>> So for robustness, the archos g9 is to be avoided. That said,
>>>> it's just my experience with it. And more recent versions might
>>>> be better (the "wavy" thing is gone as I've heard).
>>>>
>>>> For the nexus7, the screen has a nice glass, and 10 points of
>>>> touch (the g9 only 4). For music it might be better. But it has
>>>> not SD-card slot, contrary to the g9. There again, I didn't hack
>>>> it much, I don't want to open the bootloader the official way,
>>>> so to have an alternative to android is some more work for me
>>>> at the moment. I think, by having played with a virtual piano
>>>> on it, that the audio latency is a bit better with the android 4.2 on
>>>> it. Android 4.2 is supposed to have a better audio latency, so
>>>> they say at google. I don't think android is a good solution for
>>>> audio things. The system is very very bloated. (Note that I didn't
>>>> do much of audio, so just an overall feeling.)
>>>>
>>>> That said, maybe there are some free-software friendly devices out
>>>> there. The g9 needs binary drivers for the 3D thing (I didn't check
>>>> for the nexus7, but I suspect it's the same). Maybe some manufacturers
>>>> release schematics and manuals for the parts they glue together so
>>>> that we laymen can hack the thing the way we want. But
>>>> a little voice inside of my brain says "don't count on that".
>>>>
>>>> Note also that a big problem with those computers is the
>>>> difficulty to change the battery. You cannot easily open them
>>>> and replace things in there. (And just for the record, no I
>>>> didn't buy those, I won them in programming contests.)
>>>>
>>>> My 1.5€.
>>>
>>>
>>> Really useful information, and is very good to know those pros and
>>> cons you mention.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your extended response.


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