On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 1:36 PM, der.hans <deb-u...@lufthans.com> wrote: > Am 25. Nov, 2012 schwätzte Carl Fink so: > >> I don't mean Android, a proprietary OS build on the Linux kernel just as >> MacOS is built on the BSD kernel. > > Is it proprietary? Isn't Cyanogenmod an android rebuild because android is > FOSS? There are certainly some issue regarding release time and what some > of the phone manufacturers have been doing. > >> Are there any phones or tablets people are aware of that use actual, FOSS, >> Linux as their OS? > > There are several allwinner based tablets that can run a traditional > distro as well as android. > > http://zareason.com/shop/zatab.html > > ### > Some manufacturers consider "root" to be a four-letter-word. We don't. > The ZaTab is an open device. The bootloader is unlocked. Root access is > available. We welcome the community to develop custom ROMs and port other > Linux distros to the ZaTab. > ### > > Work is underway to support other OSen. > > Aaron Seigo announced an allwinnner KDE Plasma tablet some time ago. Looks > like it has been delayed again, but I believe it's always been based on a > tablet that is already on the market and is already running a Linux distro > specialized for the architecture. I believe that distro is based on debian. > > http://liliputing.com/2012/09/vivaldi-kde-plasma-linux-tablet-delayed-devs-looking-at-new-hardware.html > > I'm planning on getting a ZAReason tablet in the near future. I want > multi-boot on it with debian as one of the options :).
All these are tablets. Ubuntu's planning for 14.04 to be a phone/tablet/computer OS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SzduZKc02PZ3W8sZz0cOy-sQpDmFNLtysZng+-nuZVª@mail.gmail.com
