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I think Mint badly needs a version with UI optimized for tablets/touch. With all these low cost quad core Intel tablets coming out, there is a dire need for this, esp in emerging/poorer countries where US$50-100 devices are more attainable.

Linux Mint XFCE 21.1 , Windows 11 , Pop!_OS 22.04 Acer Aspire 5 A515-57 (linux-probe), Core i5-1235U, 16GB RAM
Lenovo Ideapad 330S-15IKB (linux-probe), Core i5-8250U, 20GB RAM

Re: TABLET support!

Post by DrHu » Fri Sep 25, 2015 2:45 pm

Re: TABLET support!

Post by MintBean » Fri Sep 25, 2015 2:49 pm

No- Mint is specifically geared towards desktop/laptop machines. That’s the whole point of the distro. The Ubuntu interface is geared towards tablets.

Re: TABLET support!

Post by Habitual » Fri Sep 25, 2015 2:59 pm

Re: TABLET support!

Post by bbaker6212 » Fri Sep 25, 2015 11:27 pm

I think some of you guys are missing some things. The difference between a «desktop» or notebook machine (especially with a touch screen) and a tablet is blurring. the only real difference is touchscreen or not. Desktop PC’s now can have a touch screen, especially all-in-one’s. Tablets now come with dual-boot Windows 10 and Android, so why not Linux? Many tablets now come with dockable keyboards so are basically the same as a notebook or Netbook. Some are now quad-core or octa-core running at 2Ghz with GPU and 2GB or more of RAM and 32GB or more of storage with an additional 64GB or more via flash card. And this will just be increasing over time. Go take a look at the latest Intel Atom «cherry trail» CPU’s. You want to leave the touch UI up to Ubuntu, Windows, and Android, fine. But I think it’s possible that Mint could potentially do a better job. Why not? They did a fine job making a Linux UI that was elegant and easy to use. A linux feature has always been running a lean version on a light/low powered machine. Well, these days that means tablets and «TV boxes». Speaking of TV boxes, note that Kodi works well with touch UI. Anyway, it was just an idea/recommendation.

Linux Mint XFCE 21.1 , Windows 11 , Pop!_OS 22.04 Acer Aspire 5 A515-57 (linux-probe), Core i5-1235U, 16GB RAM
Lenovo Ideapad 330S-15IKB (linux-probe), Core i5-8250U, 20GB RAM

Re: TABLET support!

Post by bbaker6212 » Fri Sep 25, 2015 11:43 pm

Here are the spec’s on a new US$250 tablet. Looks like a «real computer» to me.

Windows 10 + Android 5.1 Dual OS
9.7 Inch IPS 2048*1536 IPS capacitive touch screen
14nm Intel Cherry Trail T4 Z8500 Quad Core 2.24GHz CPU (64 bit)
2×64 LPDDR3-1600 4GB RAM + 64GB eMMC ROM
Support Bluetooth 4.0/WiFi/HDMI/WiDi functions
2.0MP Front + 5.0MP Rear dual cameras
Support TF Card extend up to 64GB max

Linux Mint XFCE 21.1 , Windows 11 , Pop!_OS 22.04 Acer Aspire 5 A515-57 (linux-probe), Core i5-1235U, 16GB RAM
Lenovo Ideapad 330S-15IKB (linux-probe), Core i5-8250U, 20GB RAM

Re: TABLET support!

Post by bbaker6212 » Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:04 am

Linux Mint XFCE 21.1 , Windows 11 , Pop!_OS 22.04 Acer Aspire 5 A515-57 (linux-probe), Core i5-1235U, 16GB RAM
Lenovo Ideapad 330S-15IKB (linux-probe), Core i5-8250U, 20GB RAM

Re: TABLET support!

Post by bbaker6212 » Sat Oct 03, 2015 3:14 pm

bit of an update for anyone interested in Linux on a sub US$100 tablet . http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p . 6#p1075186

Linux Mint XFCE 21.1 , Windows 11 , Pop!_OS 22.04 Acer Aspire 5 A515-57 (linux-probe), Core i5-1235U, 16GB RAM
Lenovo Ideapad 330S-15IKB (linux-probe), Core i5-8250U, 20GB RAM

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Linux Mint for crappy Atom Win10 tablets

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README.md

Run linux on crappy Win10 Atom tablets

ISORespin-based generator of Linux Mint images for crappy Atom Windows 10 Tablets.

However, if you have a tablet with Atom Z83xx, Silead touch and ES1836 sound — it may work for you.

• Linux Mint XFCE 19.03
• Linux Mint Mate 19.03
• Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.03 (here you may have issues with rotated desktop — change rotation settings)
• Generally any other distro, supported with linuxium iso respin should work.

• Ubuntu server or workstation x86 with command line
• Git
• Free space for downloaded + generated iso’s and packages.

Run ./isorespin.sh —check to check if isorespin.sh must be updated. If it woes for update, get new one here.

Install needed packages for isorespin. Check pre-requisittes here — you will need some iso tools, squashfs tools.

Download you ISO from official Linux mint site.

Edit mint-tw52.sh with you your iso file name.

Launch mint-tw52.sh and wait to generate a new ISO.

After several minutes it will be ready. Use simple «dd» command to write this ISO file to USB flash drive.

Boot your tablet from generated USB Flash. System will show up. You may need to rotate your desktop in «Display» settings.

Autorotate can be checked by running sudo /usr/share/autorotate/rotate.sh . Screen should rotate accordingly. After installation one can add this script to some kind of «autostart».

Stop PulseAudio with pulseaudio -k

Run sudo ./es8316.sh — it will download and unpacked somehow working UCM files. Since those tablets are crappy — don’t expect sound quality at all. You must repeat the step, when system is installed.

Start PulseAudio with pulseaudio -D . If it fails, you may need to unload (and blacklist after intallation) the snd_hdmi_lpe_audio module.

There are several options to install the system. Just remember, that you need kernel loaded from internal SSD, not the microSD. Using reFind bootloader may help — for example one can cut 512 mb for boot partiion on internal SSD and then mount it to /boot. Or, just squeeze Windows 10 and get some space for Mint.

It generates new ISO file with embedding 32bit grub (which is capable of launching 64bit kernel), it adds touchscreen firmware, calibration settings, rotation settings and some scripts.

It also adds much more recent kernel — check mint-tw52 code for details along with isorespin docs.

Great work for Linux installation investigation can be found here in Russian. Many thanks for 4pda forum members for making it’s possible.

Original script for hacking sounds was found here, however I removed module compilation, since kernel 5.5 likely has those patches.

There is absolutely no warranty, that it will work for you.

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