<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><a href="https://lifehacker.com/build-your-own-sidekick-inspired-mobile-raspberry-pi-co-1793894398">https://lifehacker.com/build-your-own-sidekick-inspired-mobile-raspberry-pi-co-1793894398</a> might entertain you.</font><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 11:44 PM, der.hans <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:PLUGd@lufthans.com" target="_blank">PLUGd@lufthans.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Am 25. Sep, 2017 schwätzte <a href="mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com" target="_blank">techlists@phpcoderusa.com</a> so:<br>
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moin moin,<span class=""><br>
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I have to ask, with these prices, why not spend a little more and go with a MAC?<br>
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Because that would be moving more proprietary and less trustworthy.<br>
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I can easily and somewhat inexpensively get nice android tablets.<br>
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I want something with a stronger Free Software ecosystem.<br>
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I did find there's Ubuntu for the android n7, so that might fit my needs.<br>
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Heck, a pi system with attachable touchscreen would actually be awesome.<br>
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ciao,<br>
<br>
der.hans<div><div class="h5"><br>
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On 2017-09-25 12:42, der.hans wrote:<br>
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Am 25. Sep, 2017 schwätzte Carruth, Rusty so:<br>
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moin moin,<br>
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I don't know if those system 76 (or whatever their name was) have convertibles, but their price was actually pretty good.<br>
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I hear lots of good things about System76. I have a nice light laptop<br>
from ZaReason. I'm quite happy with it as my primary laptop.<br>
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I also have an aircraft carrier for times that I need to live on a laptop<br>
for an extended period. Not as powerful as Brian's helicarrier, but mine<br>
also doesn't have enough fans to levitate.<br>
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I checked both ZaReason and System76 before posting and neither had a<br>
laptop that converts to tablet.<br>
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The laptop is my 3rd ZaReason device in the last decade. I've been quite<br>
happy with their products and support. Not that I require much of the<br>
latter.<br>
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ciao,<br>
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der.hans<br>
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And I forgot to mention - the Alienware is NOT a convertible...<br>
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On 09/25/2017 01:21 PM, der.hans wrote:<br>
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I don't see a way to buy it without the windows tax. Anyone know a way<br>
to get an unloaded XPS from Dell?<br>
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You have to search for "developer edition." Here is a link to one:<br>
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<a href="http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/xps-13-developer-edition/spd/xps-13-9360-laptop/cax13w10p7b5135ubuntu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.dell.com/en-us/work<wbr>/shop/dell-laptops-and-noteboo<wbr>ks/xps-13-developer-edition/<wbr>spd/xps-13-9360-laptop/<wbr>cax13w10p7b5135ubuntu</a><br>
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Also the awesome part is that the support also handles Ubuntu, so if a motherboard goes out they don't complain that Linux must have broke it.<br>
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I'm currently using a Surface Pro 3. It was the only tablet that I could find with an i7 in it, which I need. Everything else had the m3 or m5 which just isn't enough for what I use it for.<br>
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Ted<br>
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