Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2019-05-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 12 dec 18, 13:00:32, Michelle Konzack wrote: Hi Michelle, > Forgotten one thing: > > It can be also an Open-Frame PanelPC, because I have BIG LiPoly cells > of 6Ah and 12Ah availlable and can also build my own housing. > > Adv.:I have Serial Ports, more USB, can have an attached heat

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-13 Thread deloptes
Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > So... what about a simple, square homemade wood framed screen > contraction that would capture *some* of the dust?  Making one that > was two-layered would *hopefully* *theoretically* *potentially* catch > more dust, etc., as the catchables bounce around between the layer

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-13 Thread Hans
Am Donnerstag, 13. Dezember 2018, 16:34:14 CET schrieb Cindy-Sue Causey: Hi Cindy, > SCRATCH THAT.. This few seconds later, I remembered it ALSO... needed > to potentially be portable... > Yeah, weight is a point. > And NOW it's coming to mind that touchscreen was also mentioned > meaning that mi

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-13 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
SCRATCH THAT.. This few seconds later, I remembered it ALSO... needed to potentially be portable... And NOW it's coming to mind that touchscreen was also mentioned meaning that might be needed for some reason as to why tablet was specifically referenced. Not all bad. Maybe somewhere there's a sho

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-13 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 12/12/18, Hans wrote: > > For the problem with dust, a toughbook might be the best solution, but it is > expensive and heavy. > > I believe, most users think, that a tablet is the same as a personal > computer > or a notebook - it is NOT! Fully other architectture (i.e. ARM processor, > graphic

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-13 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> AFAIK the bare install will still call home: every time you connect to >> a wifi network it performs an HTTP request to a Google server in order to >> detect whether the local connection gives you access to the internet or >> not (and if not, it presumes it's a captive portal and offers you to >

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-13 Thread Frank Weißer
Stefan Monnier: it's android without the "I'd like to call home' parts, if you choose the bare install. AFAIK the bare install will still call home: every time you connect to a wifi network it performs an HTTP request to a Google server in order to detect whether the local connection gives y

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:21:21 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > it's android without the "I'd like to call home' parts, if you choose the > > bare install. > > AFAIK the bare install will still call home: every time you connect to > a wifi network it performs an HTTP request to a Google server in o

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 15:05:23 -0800 Kushal Kumaran wrote: > Celejar writes: ... > > I've always wondered how Android (and Windows) "know" whether you're > > connected to the internet or not. I guess what you say make sense. Is > > this documented somewhere? Is there a way to change the HTTP req

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I've always wondered how Android (and Windows) "know" whether you're > connected to the internet or not. I guess what you say make sense. Is > this documented somewhere? Is there a way to change the HTTP request to > some other host of your choosing? Supposedly there is, but I haven't found one

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Kushal Kumaran
Celejar writes: > On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:21:21 -0500 > Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> > it's android without the "I'd like to call home' parts, if you choose the >> > bare install. >> >> AFAIK the bare install will still call home: every time you connect to >> a wifi network it performs an HTTP req

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:21:21 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > it's android without the "I'd like to call home' parts, if you choose the > > bare install. > > AFAIK the bare install will still call home: every time you connect to > a wifi network it performs an HTTP request to a Google server in o

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
> it's android without the "I'd like to call home' parts, if you choose the > bare install. AFAIK the bare install will still call home: every time you connect to a wifi network it performs an HTTP request to a Google server in order to detect whether the local connection gives you access to the i

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2018, 16:10:36 CET schrieb Stefan Monnier: Yes, this is a point, I did not take care. However, an external keynboard might be also workable, as it is not expensive and can easily be exhanged. For the problem with dust, a toughbook might be the best solution, but it is e

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Frank Weißer
Stefan Monnier: didn't find any for debian but maybe lineageos > https://lineageos.org/ LineageOS is nice, I strongly recommend it, BUT it is Android (just a nicer distribution of Android), so it doesn't fit the requirements, I think. it's android without the "I'd like to call home' parts, if

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Must it be a tablet? The main requirement on that side seems to be resistance to dust, so it has to be fanless and ideally closed more or less hermetically, so a non-mechanical keyboard is likely preferable as well. I think mainline Linux support for some ARM SoCs has improved enough that Debia

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
> didn't find any for debian but maybe lineageos > https://lineageos.org/ LineageOS is nice, I strongly recommend it, BUT it is Android (just a nicer distribution of Android), so it doesn't fit the requirements, I think. Stefan

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Joe
On Wed, 12 Dec 2018 12:03:25 +0100 Hans wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2018, 11:39:39 CET schrieb Michelle Konzack: > Must it be a tablet? Same size are netbooks (like my EEEPC), with > complete support of debian, a real keyboard and a light weight. > > Do not expect a tablet running debian

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 12:39:39PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello *, > > I am searching for my farm works an inexpensive (In the summer > it is so dusty here, that nothing realy survive, including my > ThinkPad T400 from which I have bought 6 pieces and currently > using the 3rd one) Table

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Frank Weißer
Hello Michelle, didn't find any for debian but maybe lineageos > https://lineageos.org/ is worth a look? My weeleyfox smartphone is now 2 years running it and I just got me a 'Asus Nexus 7, 7 Zoll Tablet, 1,5GHz, 2GB RAM, 32GB, WiFi, Android' on ebay, that will no longer suffer under android.

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2018, 11:39:39 CET schrieb Michelle Konzack: Must it be a tablet? Same size are netbooks (like my EEEPC), with complete support of debian, a real keyboard and a light weight. Do not expect a tablet running debian as fast as Android, as Android is very special software w

Re: Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Michelle Konzack
Forgotten one thing: It can be also an Open-Frame PanelPC, because I have BIG LiPoly cells of 6Ah and 12Ah availlable and can also build my own housing. Adv.:I have Serial Ports, more USB, can have an attached heating element... Direct CD/DVD support... DisAdv.: Need external USB/Se

Low-Cost Tablet PC suitable for Debian

2018-12-12 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello *, I am searching for my farm works an inexpensive (In the summer it is so dusty here, that nothing realy survive, including my ThinkPad T400 from which I have bought 6 pieces and currently using the 3rd one) TabletPC 10-12". However, all 10" TabletPC I have found on AlibabaExpress are nice