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I recently bought a windows tablet to toy around with it. It has an Intel CPU (Baytrail SoC) and was very cheap. It comes with an integrated Intel graphics one
by mercora 11y ago
I recently bought a windows tablet to toy around with it. It has an Intel CPU (Baytrail SoC) and was very cheap. It comes with an integrated Intel graphics one is used to see in Desktop CPUs and for which free drivers do actually exist. It has an UEFI firmware and it was fairly easy to boot Linux on it out of the box. It has some flaws like unstable clocksource and wireless drivers (not mainline). But there seem to be much development currently.
It was a really nice feeling seeing a device of this class running Linux with near to zero effort and really wished it would always be that simple.
- catern 11y agoDo you have any recommendations on which Windows/Intel tablet is best for this? I've been thinking of doing the same.
- mercora 11y agoSorry but i can not recommend any device in particular. I noticed that most of the cheap devices ship with a Z3735F/G CPU. I bought this[0] one but the main reasoning was getting it cheap. I think most of the Baytrail SoC based devices will work quite comparably. I would now watch out for a mainlined wireless driver/chipset. [0] http://www.i-onik.de/en/node/182 http://www.i-onik.de/en/node/182 Edit: It will be easier to get a device with UEFI firmware. It seems possible to replace the firmware with a manufacturing tool published from Intel. But i haven't looked into that yet. I might try at some day to compile TianoCore or coreboot for it. Getting fastboot to work for Android seems possible too.
- lucaspiller 11y agoI'd be interested in a write up of how you set it up, what you run on it, and how it compares to a standard tablet.
- barake 11y agoIf you live in the US take a look at the HP Stream 7. They run about $100 brand new, $60-70 for refurbs.