Advice for tablets to run Fedora ARM on?

[Niels de Vos]

Hi all,

I'm looking for advise on some tablets that are likely able to run
Fedora ARM. There seems to be some some interest in making a Fedora
ARM for Tablets installation/rootfs. Any ideas on which devices are
suitable would be much appreciated.

It would be nice if the drivers are all provided upstream, if not,
that should not be a huge issue either, as long as the drivers a are
open source. Hardware modifications (even breaking and bricking) in
order to attach debuggers seem to trigger interest as well ;-)

I guess that OMAP tablets will be usable, but what models can be advised?

Many thanks to anyone with advise or ideas! Cheers,
Niels

[Bill Buck]

Hi, Genesi will have on that should be ready for Fedora out of the box in
the next 30-60 days...

Best regards,
Bill Buck

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Niels de Vos <devos(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
>  I'm looking for advise on some tablets that are likely able to run
>  Fedora ARM. There seems to be some some interest in making a Fedora
>  ARM for Tablets installation/rootfs. Any ideas on which devices are
>  suitable would be much appreciated.
>
>  It would be nice if the drivers are all provided upstream, if not,
>  that should not be a huge issue either, as long as the drivers a are
>  open source. Hardware modifications (even breaking and bricking) in
>  order to attach debuggers seem to trigger interest as well ;-)
>
>  I guess that OMAP tablets will be usable, but what models can be advised?
>
>  Many thanks to anyone with advise or ideas! Cheers,
>  Niels
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[Peter Robinson]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Niels de Vos <devos(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;wrote:

>  Hi all,
>
>  I'm looking for advise on some tablets that are likely able to run
>  Fedora ARM. There seems to be some some interest in making a Fedora
>  ARM for Tablets installation/rootfs. Any ideas on which devices are
>  suitable would be much appreciated.
>
>  It would be nice if the drivers are all provided upstream, if not,
>  that should not be a huge issue either, as long as the drivers a are
>  open source. Hardware modifications (even breaking and bricking) in
>  order to attach debuggers seem to trigger interest as well ;-)
>
>  I guess that OMAP tablets will be usable, but what models can be advised?
>
>  Many thanks to anyone with advise or ideas! Cheers,
>
>  
Personally I'm awaiting the Archos G9 devices [1] to hit (September I think)
as they have dual core Omap chips but also have the following useful bits:
- Option of a HDD
- Proper A usb2 port
- Mini HDMI port (so no need for an expensive dock)
- Wifi/BT/GPS

And they look to be a reasonable price.

The Toshiba Thrive looks to be of similar specs/prices but with a NV Tegra 2
chip.

Peter

[1] http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Archos-G9-101-and-80/

[Peter Robinson]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote:

>  On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Niels de Vos <devos(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm looking for advise on some tablets that are likely able to run
> > Fedora ARM. There seems to be some some interest in making a Fedora
> > ARM for Tablets installation/rootfs. Any ideas on which devices are
> > suitable would be much appreciated.
> >
> > It would be nice if the drivers are all provided upstream, if not,
> > that should not be a huge issue either, as long as the drivers a are
> > open source. Hardware modifications (even breaking and bricking) in
> > order to attach debuggers seem to trigger interest as well ;-)
> >
> > I guess that OMAP tablets will be usable, but what models can be advised?
> >
> > Many thanks to anyone with advise or ideas! Cheers,
> >
> >
>  Personally I'm awaiting the Archos G9 devices [1] to hit (September I
>  think) as they have dual core Omap chips but also have the following useful
>  bits:
>  - Option of a HDD
>  - Proper A usb2 port
>  - Mini HDMI port (so no need for an expensive dock)
>  - Wifi/BT/GPS
>
>  And they look to be a reasonable price.
>
>  The Toshiba Thrive looks to be of similar specs/prices but with a NV Tegra
>  2 chip.
>
>  
More details of that the Trive has just appeared here

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Toshiba-Thrive-ships/?kc=rss

[Misha Shnurapet]

12.07.2011, 04:10, "Peter Robinson" <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com&gt;:
>  On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Peter Robinson
> <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Niels de Vos <devos(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm looking for advise on some tablets that are likely able to run
> >> Fedora ARM. There seems to be some some interest in making a Fedora
> >> ARM for Tablets installation/rootfs. Any ideas on which devices are
> >> suitable would be much appreciated.
> >>
> >> It would be nice if the drivers are all provided upstream, if not,
> >> that should not be a huge issue either, as long as the drivers a are
> >> open source. Hardware modifications (even breaking and bricking) in
> >> order to attach debuggers seem to trigger interest as well ;-)
> >>
> >> I guess that OMAP tablets will be usable, but what models can be advised?
> >>
> >> Many thanks to anyone with advise or ideas! Cheers,
> >
> > Personally I'm awaiting the Archos G9 devices [1] to hit (September I think) as
> they have dual core Omap chips but also have the following useful bits:
> > - Option of a HDD
> > - Proper A usb2 port
> > - Mini HDMI port (so no need for an expensive dock)
> > - Wifi/BT/GPS
> >
> > And they look to be a reasonable price.
> >
> > The Toshiba Thrive looks to be of similar specs/prices but with a NV Tegra 2 chip.
>
>  More details of that the Trive has just appeared here
>
>  http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Toshiba-Thrive-ships/?kc=rss 
How about this one?
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/XE.H6LPN.001

-- 
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Quoting Misha Shnurapet <shnurapet(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;:

>  12.07.2011, 04:10, "Peter Robinson"
> <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com&gt;:
> > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Peter Robinson  
> > <pbrobinson(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> >> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Niels de Vos  
> >> <devos(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote:
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I'm looking for advise on some tablets that are likely able to run
> >>> Fedora ARM. There seems to be some some interest in making a Fedora
> >>> ARM for Tablets installation/rootfs. Any ideas on which devices are
> >>> suitable would be much appreciated.
> >>>
> >>> It would be nice if the drivers are all provided upstream, if not,
> >>> that should not be a huge issue either, as long as the drivers a are
> >>> open source. Hardware modifications (even breaking and bricking) in
> >>> order to attach debuggers seem to trigger interest as well ;-)
> >>>
> >>> I guess that OMAP tablets will be usable, but what models can be advised?
> >>>
> >>> Many thanks to anyone with advise or ideas! Cheers,
> >>
> >> Personally I'm awaiting the Archos G9 devices [1] to hit  
> >> (September I think) as they have dual core Omap chips but also  
> >> have the following useful bits:
> >> - Option of a HDD
> >> - Proper A usb2 port
> >> - Mini HDMI port (so no need for an expensive dock)
> >> - Wifi/BT/GPS
> >>
> >> And they look to be a reasonable price.
> >>
> >> The Toshiba Thrive looks to be of similar specs/prices but with a  
> >> NV Tegra 2 chip.
> >
> > More details of that the Trive has just appeared here
> >
> > http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Toshiba-Thrive-ships/?kc=rss
>
>  How about this one?
>  http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/XE.H6LPN.001 
Someone about a month or so ago mentioned they got the nook color  
running and posted directions. IIRC They were running it off the SD  
card.