Travelling Linux.....

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 09/23/2012 09:02 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:59:43 -0400 EGO2.1 <eoconnor25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 09/22/2012 07:21 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
>>> On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:42:55 -0400
>>> "Eddie G. O'Connor Jr." <eoconnor25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all, I am in need of some advice. I have received a tablet for my
>>>> birthday (Acer Iconia Tablet A200-XE) My question is, is there a way to
>>>> install Fedora on the tablet?
>>> That will depend if its unlocked, if there is a Fedora kernel for that
>>> exact ARM board (unlike most PC platforms ARM platforms are very varied).
>>>
>>> In addition the standard Fedora desktop is a bloated memory hungry blob
>>> so I imagine it would suck on this hardware, especially if you didn't
>>> have an accelerated 3D X server.
>>>
>>> However you've got some chance of getting Debian on it
>>>
>>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28995664
>>>
>>> is the thread working on this stuff.
>>
>> Excellent!....thanks for this info, as it stands right now I don't think
>> they've "perfected" the exact recipe for getting Fedora onto tablets as
>> yet, but I can always hope that in the future they'll nail it. I think
>> I'm going to go with Debian, only because it appears to have the least
>> problems running on the various hardware out there.....until then I'll
>> keep on chugging with my Fedora 217 laptop! Thanks again for the link
>> and the info...
>>
> Hi Eddy,
>
> I am also interested in this and I do have a toy to play with. with no
> consequences. In case you are able to, could you please document
> somewhere all the steps you undertook to get this to work?
>
> Many thanks,
> Ranjan
>
>   
Will do Ranjan!


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