So be prepared for some experimentation, especially in the area of configuration settings and device drivers. It seems that all of these devices, although similar, differ in small details of the hardware, and my tablet does not seem to be the most common hardware variant. 5 Workaround for missing accept4 system call.It sounds like one is not getting that with an ARM distro in any case. One of the great things for me about linux is the fact there is always some nice little program out there to do the stuff you need done. I have no idea how to build an app and no interest in learning. But not all of them, and many do not work well. In some cases, you can run them in a Libertine container. I would appreciate the possibility to do video chat but that is not yet available.ĭon't count on using laptop/desktop applications on UT.
UT has a fairly complete set of available apps. It's a phone, it does phone things, I don't need it to do laptop things. How has ubuntu touch been working for you so far? In particular, are you finding that you can run the apps that you are used to on linux, or are you having to find alternatives that work on UK or do a lot of work installing/building apps yourself?Īs for apps: none of the above really. A suitable tablet that is likely to become supported soon is Lenovo Tab M10 FHD Plus (see GitLab).
But keep in mind that it's different from desktop Ubuntu. I see that Debian runs on ARM, as does Archlinux, but how well would they run on a tablet that is meant for touch computing? Ubuntu Touch seems like an obvious choice but it seems to be in early stages (and a post on their forum explains that the development is currently focused on building the desktop environment and get it functioning across multiple distros).Ī second newbie question is whether the regular (x86/64) app packages from their respective package systems would also work on, say, debian or arch ARM, or does everything need to be rebuilt when the kernel architecture changes?Īny input would be greatly appreciated, thanks! My question then is what options there are as alternatives to simply running Android - that is, real linux distros that would also work well with that touchscreen setup? I'm looking to replace my laptop (I also have a desktop) with a tablet since it actually suits my needs better, but since the ARM tablets make most sense for me (price and the fact that I don't need an attached keyboard) I cannot run Mint on it
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