[vox] Best Linux-based tablet?

[Darth Borehd]

Does it run on European 220 power?


On 27 April 2011 09:15, Edwin Groot <evoldevo at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 26/04/2011, Darth Borehd <darth.borehd at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've been looking at tablet PCs.  I would like something primarily used
> for
> > e-book reading (mostly my own PDFs and OpenOffice documents).  I will
> mostly
> > use it with wi-fi at home and off-line while riding on a train.  Do you
> have
> > one you can recommend that is linux-based?  I would, of course, prefer it
> to
> > be as open-source and DRM-free as possible.
> >
>
> Hello Darth,
> I use the WeTab all the time for reading news, PDFs and e-books. OO 3
> is installed, but I use it more for reading than for editing. I use 3G
> Internet exclusively. Actually, this is the PC that got me hooked on
> watching YouTube. Baad, bad! Another pitch is the company ported
> Bill's Tux Paint to it. My nieces had a lot of fun. See the article
> on:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeTab
>
> It's a fully-blown Intel PC, so you can install anything you want on
> it without any elaborate hack. For now I left it at the default MeeGo
> distribution, which uses RPM. The one catch is it's a German product,
> but you may be able to order it through Amazon. An identical product
> is retailed in Canada, but runs a customized Windows 7:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExoPC
>
> The WeTab has an active community at:
> http://www.wetab-community.com
> I had them add an English-only section, where you can get some help.
> The Germans are friendlier than you might expect!
>
> Samsung and Toshiba market small, Android-based tablets, but I have no
> experience with them. I really am disappointed with the lack of
> iPad-like tablets. I was expecting 2011 to be a breakout year for
> tablets!
>
> HTH and good luck,
> Edwin
> [Yes, I am in Germany]
> _______________________________________________
> vox mailing list
> vox at lists.lugod.org
> http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.lugod.org/pipermail/vox/attachments/20110427/0411ec47/attachment.htm