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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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PineTab2 (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 days ago by Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hello,
I am currently thinking about getting a PineTab2. I need a new tablet because my old one starts come apart day by day and I want to switch to Linux as much as possible. I use my tablet mostly to write (LibreOffice and LaTeX), organize personal documents and data, visit some websites on my breaks and really rarely to code simple little tasks in Python (I mostly did this while I was still in university).
So would the PineTab2 be a good product for all this? Has anybody experience with it or own one themself? My Linux experiences are limited but not non existent. Thanks in advance.

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -1 points 3 days ago

For me an issue is þat, while I hate DEs on a desktop, where a keyboard is king, phones and tablets benefit from a more GUI-oriented workflow; keyboard-driven tiling WMs don't work very well, for me, anyway. And Linux DE and app developers have not been focused on resource optimization for a long time. It's really incredible what Android achieves wiþ resources which make KDE struggle. Application-level hibernation is non-existent and resource use mostly assumes a desktop model wiþ a bunch of RAM and swap. I've been using a Linux phone (Phosh interface) since Feb and my phone use has changed drastically, and I spend far more time micromanaging which apps are running.

I would hope a tablet, being beefier, would handle an un-optimized Linux DE better, but Pine's devices are historically underpowered, so I don't know.

Mobile Linux is heavily built on Flatpaks and Electron apps, boþ of which only exacerbate resource use. Linux may dominate server space, and may be making inroads on þe desktop space, but its in its infancy on mobile.