Install Fedora on an android tablet or an iPad?

[CS DBA]

Hi all,

Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet like the iPad or an
android tablet?

I have an iPad and I run into things I wish I could do with it every day. Linux on my
tablet would rock!


Thanks in advance...




Sent from my iPad that I hope will be running Fedora Linux soon

[Bill Davidsen]

Linuxguy123 wrote:
>  On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 09:30 -0600, CS_DBA wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet
> > like the iPad or an android tablet?
> >
> > I have an iPad and I run into things I wish I could do with it every
> > day. Linux on my tablet would rock!
>
>  I just bought a Dell Inspiron Duo.
>
>  Firstly, I'd say its an iPad killer.  Its has USB ports.  It has enough
>  power to run youtube videos.  It does Flash, for better or worse.  It
>  has a 320GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM.  It has Bluetooth, ie it can be
>  tethered to a phone.  It has enough power to run real applications.  And
>  on and on.
>
>  Probably the biggest downfalls are that it doesn't have a camera and its
>  a bit heavier than an iPad, but it also has a real (usable) keyboard
>  built right in and when you close it up the screen is totally protected.
>  
The lack of a camera will be a problem for some people.

>  As far as Linux goes, I haven't run it (yet) on my Duo, but there
> are
>  videos on youtube of it running Ubuntu Unity in a pretty snappy fashion.
>
>  If you (or others) want to run Linux on a Tablet, I'd say its a very
>  good place to start.  I'll let everyone know when I get around to
>  installing it.
>  
The world awaits your progress.

>  The other thing to be aware of is that the KDE team is working on
>  something called Plasma-Active.  I recommend Googling it.
>  
Yes, now that GNOME is adopting a "you will do it the way we like it"
attitude 
I'm looking at other WM options.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen(a)tmr.com&gt;
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot

[Dave Cross]

On 25 April 2011 20:00, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  I just bought a Dell Inspiron Duo. 
[ snip ]

>  If you (or others) want to run Linux on a Tablet, I'd say its a
> very
>  good place to start.  I'll let everyone know when I get around to
>  installing it. 
I'm very much looking forward to hearing more about this.

-- 
Dave Cross :: dave(a)dave.org.uk
http://dave.org.uk/
@davorg

[Joel Rees]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 4:00 AM, Linuxguy123 <linuxguy123(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 09:30 -0600, CS_DBA wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet
> > like the iPad or an android tablet?
> >
> > I have an iPad and I run into things I wish I could do with it every
> > day. Linux on my tablet would rock!
>
>  I just bought a Dell Inspiron Duo. 
To save anyone else on the list who cares about such things the
trouble of doing a web search, it has an Atom processor.

FWIW

[linux guy]

On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 09:30 -0600, CS_DBA wrote:
>  Hi all,
>  
>  Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet
>  like the iPad or an android tablet?
>  
>  I have an iPad and I run into things I wish I could do with it every
>  day. Linux on my tablet would rock! 
I just bought a Dell Inspiron Duo.

Firstly, I'd say its an iPad killer.  Its has USB ports.  It has enough
power to run youtube videos.  It does Flash, for better or worse.  It
has a 320GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM.  It has Bluetooth, ie it can be
tethered to a phone.  It has enough power to run real applications.  And
on and on.

Probably the biggest downfalls are that it doesn't have a camera and its
a bit heavier than an iPad, but it also has a real (usable) keyboard
built right in and when you close it up the screen is totally protected.

As far as Linux goes, I haven't run it (yet) on my Duo, but there are
videos on youtube of it running Ubuntu Unity in a pretty snappy fashion.

If you (or others) want to run Linux on a Tablet, I'd say its a very
good place to start.  I'll let everyone know when I get around to
installing it.

The other thing to be aware of is that the KDE team is working on
something called Plasma-Active.  I recommend Googling it.

I looked into installing Linux on an iPad and was deterred by a number
of issues.   The best thing about the Duo is that its totally open and
free of all encumbrances.  You don't need to jail break it and the
chances of bricking it or running afoul of something the manufacturer
engineered in are just about zero.

As far as I am concerned, for my usage, a Duo is far better than an
iPad.  I am very, very happy with mine.

[Alan Cox]

On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:30:41 -0600
CS_DBA <cs_dba(a)consistentstate.com&gt; wrote:

>  Hi all,
>  
>  Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet like the iPad or an
> android tablet? 
Not really.

Each small group of Android devices needs its own highly customised
setup. Unlike a PC there is no real standard or consistency across the
different groups.

In addition you often need custom flash tools and the like to do the
setup and you can also break some of them for good if you get it wrong.

It's very different to a PC as it's intended to be a device with specific
kernel and setuo running a specific environment, and everything is
specialised.

How it plays out longer term is an interesting question. Clearly PC
hardware is moving into that sort of form factor, although again not all
of it is 'PC like' and some of the ARM folks are working more on
standardisation.

Alan

[James McKenzie]

On 5/7/11 1:18 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote:
>  Linuxguy123 wrote:
> > On Fri, 2011-04-22 at 09:30 -0600, CS_DBA wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> Anyone know of any projects / methods to install Fedora on a tablet
> >> like the iPad or an android tablet?
> >>
> >> I have an iPad and I run into things I wish I could do with it every
> >> day. Linux on my tablet would rock!
> > I just bought a Dell Inspiron Duo.
> >
> > Firstly, I'd say its an iPad killer.  Its has USB ports.  It has enough
> > power to run youtube videos.  It does Flash, for better or worse.  It
> > has a 320GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM.  It has Bluetooth, ie it can be
> > tethered to a phone.  It has enough power to run real applications.  And
> > on and on.
> >
> > Probably the biggest downfalls are that it doesn't have a camera and its
> > a bit heavier than an iPad, but it also has a real (usable) keyboard
> > built right in and when you close it up the screen is totally protected.
> >
>  The lack of a camera will be a problem for some people.
>
> > As far as Linux goes, I haven't run it (yet) on my Duo, but there are
> > videos on youtube of it running Ubuntu Unity in a pretty snappy fashion.
> >
> > If you (or others) want to run Linux on a Tablet, I'd say its a very
> > good place to start.  I'll let everyone know when I get around to
> > installing it.
> >
>  The world awaits your progress.
>
> > The other thing to be aware of is that the KDE team is working on
> > something called Plasma-Active.  I recommend Googling it.
> >
>  Yes, now that GNOME is adopting a "you will do it the way we like it" attitude
>  I'm looking at other WM options.
>  
And this is a problem, how?  Remember, we do have options.  Windows and 
MacOSX users don't.

Gnome is 'dumbing' down, as I've stated several times, here and to 
others in the RH network, to capture those who are not happy with 
Windows and the repeated problems they have encountered.  Progress on 
the Wine project has helped immensely in this effort as well.  I do 
expect to see a growth aspect as people move from Windows with its 
inherent problems to a much more stable workstation platform, Linux.  We 
just have to make it 'friendly' and we will be further along...

Then we can hope that some of them will 'look under the hood' and 
realize there are better performing WMs for their purposes.

James McKenzie