jandoenermann@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoI installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computingwww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square95linkfedilinkarrow-up1435arrow-down119
arrow-up1416arrow-down1external-linkI installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computingwww.zdnet.comjandoenermann@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square95linkfedilink
minus-squareMichal@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·9 hours agoThe devices you listed are either locked down, or are low powered devices themselves. None of them have a keyboard which is essential for linux.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·edit-27 hours agoBeing “locked down” is irrelevant for a device used to read and write on. All those devices are also significantly more powerful than this thing. They all also have keyboard attachments readily available across all sizes and prices. Linux isn’t at all necessary for the use cases the author talks about. Windows would be massively overkill.
The devices you listed are either locked down, or are low powered devices themselves. None of them have a keyboard which is essential for linux.
Being “locked down” is irrelevant for a device used to read and write on. All those devices are also significantly more powerful than this thing.
They all also have keyboard attachments readily available across all sizes and prices.
Linux isn’t at all necessary for the use cases the author talks about. Windows would be massively overkill.