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What's the best tablet to install Linux on? I am looking for something affordable (under $200) and light just to use a PDF reader with MEGA sync.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)
[–] tophneal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The pine note might be a better pick if colors not important in the pdfs

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 months ago

I agree, but I was trying to fit their budget.

PineTab 4GB RAM / 64GB eMMC is $159 and PineNote is $399

[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Out of stock and Linux support is quite experimental.

PS: they both can handle PDFs, tried on mines.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Just putting this in to warn people, pinetab 2 has no functional WiFi drivers so you need a dongle

[–] Qkall@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

I own all the pinephones and as much as I'll go to bat and speak well if them... The tab support is super early. Lots of stuff doesnt work (wifi for one). That's not to say that won't change with time as the pinephone pro did