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This $149 RISC-V Tablet Runs Ubuntu 24.04 (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The link makes it seem like crap hardware, and sure 4gb of ram is really crappy. But how does this compare with one of my kid's Fire tablets? Does anyone have opinions on that?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Linux is not replacing Android tablets any time soon for casual use by non-techies.

Meanwhile PineTab 2 is used nearly daily here, at home and while traveling, by non-techies.

I'm not saying anybody is fine with a Linux tablet... but if the applications (not "apps") one actually uses function properly on it, no reason that it would gather dust.

PS: tinkered with a Banana Pi BPI-F3 with SpacemiT K1 8 core RISC-V and for that architecture specifically I would wait just a bit more, also why I didn't get a PineTab V RISC.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I also have a Pinetab 2 and now after a year I'd say it's in a pretty good state.

However, if you just want a tablet, a similarly priced Android tablet will run circles around it in responsiveness and feel. (I have a Xiaoxin Pad pro 2022/Lenovo Pad M10 3rd gen)

Re RISC-V: AFAIK the new SpacemiT chips are the first actually usulable ones. The older and more common JH7110 has half the cores and way lower feature level. Like, no floating points and other extensions that are essential for modern computing.