05-15-2023, 02:48 PM
Nobody really knows yet what software will run on the PineTab2. The Pinebook Pro must likely runs more software than the PineTab2 for a while. The Pinebook Pro does have a functional touchpad. You wouldn't need a mouse.
Wintel is jargon for the successor systems to the Taiwanese IBM-AT clones, computers with Intel processors that nominally run Microsoft Windows. In other words, what most people just refer to as "desktops".
There are certainly other tablets that can run Linux, as @fxc wrote earlier. I don't know what they are. I believe there are some LG tablets that will, but I don't really know. If you are running GNU/Linux, be it Ubuntu or otherwise; you ultimately should have complete control over everything the system does. The exception is if the modem runs clandestine software that accesses the camera and/or microphone. You would have to research that. Or, just physically disable the camera, microphone, and modem; it's not hard to do.
Incidentally if you find out that a 7" LG Gpad would suit your needs, let me know. I have one that I just installeda new battery in, but the modem is deader than dead, and the microphone and cameras would be very easy for me to remove. I know it is good for playing movies. But I have it for purposes that require the now dead modem.
Wintel is jargon for the successor systems to the Taiwanese IBM-AT clones, computers with Intel processors that nominally run Microsoft Windows. In other words, what most people just refer to as "desktops".
There are certainly other tablets that can run Linux, as @fxc wrote earlier. I don't know what they are. I believe there are some LG tablets that will, but I don't really know. If you are running GNU/Linux, be it Ubuntu or otherwise; you ultimately should have complete control over everything the system does. The exception is if the modem runs clandestine software that accesses the camera and/or microphone. You would have to research that. Or, just physically disable the camera, microphone, and modem; it's not hard to do.
Incidentally if you find out that a 7" LG Gpad would suit your needs, let me know. I have one that I just installeda new battery in, but the modem is deader than dead, and the microphone and cameras would be very easy for me to remove. I know it is good for playing movies. But I have it for purposes that require the now dead modem.
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