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rayslava

I'm looking for a not-very-expensive tablet to use as a "feature-rich reader".
Requirements:
- Cheaper than iPad
- Bloat-free and updatable
- 9"-10"

So vendor android is unacceptable, iPad is too expensive, and I ended up with something from aliexpress with #lineageos support, but it seems that the only actual device is Pixel Tablet, which is rather expensive and I don't need such a screen, camera, and all.

So now I'm really thinking about #pinetab from #pine64 with waydroid.

How mad does this sound? :blobcatthink:

9 comments
Kurt

@rayslava pine sounds crazy. Take one of the supported samsung tablets.

Alexey Skobkin

@Kurt @rayslava
This is where I started laughing like a madman 😆

UPD: sorry, this is kind of an inside joke, so don't mind me.

Xpucckapy

@skobkin @rayslava блин, предлагать барсуку что угодно от самсунга - звучит как бесконечная возможность для подьёбов

rayslava

@Kurt as far as I see, there are only models from 2019-2020 with rather old android :(

Kurt

@rayslava old android? LineageOS 21 is the current android 14

rayslava

@Kurt oh, okay, I didn't check the filters.
SM-T500 really looks like the best choice for $130, just ordered one from China.

Thank you for the advice!

Kurt

@rayslava get a windows computer ready while waiting.

rayslava

@Kurt why?
I've got lodin and I've got mtp daemon, I think I'll be able to flash it right from my linux machine

LINux on MOBile

@rayslava I can recommend Chromebook Tablets (the Chrome OS team cares about mainlining). MT8183 is boring, but works - e.g. the wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Len which is widely available used, the ASUS CM3 Detachable or CZ1 are nicer hardware, though.

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