[fedora-arm] Advice for tablets to run Fedora ARM on?

[Peter Robinson]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Peter Robinson <pbrobinson at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Niels de Vos <devos at fedoraproject.org>wrote:
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>> 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,
>>
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> 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.
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More details of that the Trive has just appeared here

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