seeking lapblet

[Stephen Partington]

https://lifehacker.com/build-your-own-sidekick-inspired-mobile-raspberry-pi-co-1793894398
might entertain you.



On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 11:44 PM, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:

> Am 25. Sep, 2017 schwätzte techlists at phpcoderusa.com so:
>
> moin moin,
>
> I have to ask, with these prices, why not spend a little more and go with
>> a MAC?
>>
>
> Because that would be moving more proprietary and less trustworthy.
>
> I can easily and somewhat inexpensively get nice android tablets.
>
> I want something with a stronger Free Software ecosystem.
>
> I did find there's Ubuntu for the android n7, so that might fit my needs.
>
> Heck, a pi system with attachable touchscreen would actually be awesome.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
>
>
> On 2017-09-25 12:42, der.hans wrote:
>>
>>> Am 25. Sep, 2017 schwätzte Carruth, Rusty so:
>>>
>>> moin moin,
>>>
>>> I don't know if those system 76 (or whatever their name was) have
>>>> convertibles, but their price was actually pretty good.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I hear lots of good things about System76. I have a nice light laptop
>>> from ZaReason. I'm quite happy with it as my primary laptop.
>>>
>>> I also have an aircraft carrier for times that I need to live on a laptop
>>> for an extended period. Not as powerful as Brian's helicarrier, but mine
>>> also doesn't have enough fans to levitate.
>>>
>>> I checked both ZaReason and System76 before posting and neither had a
>>> laptop that converts to tablet.
>>>
>>> The laptop is my 3rd ZaReason device in the last decade. I've been quite
>>> happy with their products and support. Not that I require much of the
>>> latter.
>>>
>>> ciao,
>>>
>>> der.hans
>>>
>>> And I forgot to mention - the Alienware is NOT a convertible...
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] On
>>>> Behalf Of Ted Gould
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 11:59 AM
>>>> To: plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
>>>> Subject: Re: seeking lapblet
>>>>
>>>> On 09/25/2017 01:21 PM, der.hans wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I don't see a way to buy it without the windows tax. Anyone know a way
>>>>> to get an unloaded XPS from Dell?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You have to search for "developer edition." Here is a link to one:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-noteboo
>>>> ks/xps-13-developer-edition/spd/xps-13-9360-laptop/
>>>> cax13w10p7b5135ubuntu
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> Ted
>>>>
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Stephen
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