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

[omalleys at msu.edu]

Quoting Misha Shnurapet <shnurapet at fedoraproject.org>:

> 12.07.2011, 04:10, "Peter Robinson" <pbrobinson at gmail.com>:
>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Peter Robinson  
>> <pbrobinson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Niels de Vos  
>>> <devos at fedoraproject.org> 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.