I've been burned too many times kick-starting things, but a tablet that supports Yocto Linux is pretty sweet. I've worked on building Yocto-based operating systems for embedded products in my last...
I've been burned too many times kick-starting things, but a tablet that supports Yocto Linux is pretty sweet. I've worked on building Yocto-based operating systems for embedded products in my last two jobs and that's an incredibly powerful amount of flexibility.
Looks cool. If this product line is still around next time I upgrade, I'll look into these again and see if they ended up being well received. I recently got one of the 2-in-1 models that's...
Looks cool. If this product line is still around next time I upgrade, I'll look into these again and see if they ended up being well received.
I recently got one of the 2-in-1 models that's basically a laptop with a 360 degree hinge from a more mainstream manufacturer. A detachable keyboard version like open_slate or Surface would probably be better, but it works fine. I was originally looking at traditional laptops and tablets, but I started seeing videos about these types of devices, and saw people were able to get Linux on them with stylus support and everything. I realized that for my preferences and use cases, this form factor was by far the obvious choice. I didn't know much about these 2-in-1s before, but now that I've used one, it seems to me like this is the future of productivity/content consumption devices the same way that dockable handhelds like the Switch/Steam Deck feel like the future of gaming devices. It's the marriage of two types of device in a way that makes both better instead of just felling like a "jack of all trades, master of none".
The big question is what size to make these things. Mine is 14 inches, which is a perfect laptop size but a huge tablet. These open_slates and Framework's version are 12 inches, which is both a pretty big tablet and a pretty small laptop.
I've been burned too many times kick-starting things, but a tablet that supports Yocto Linux is pretty sweet. I've worked on building Yocto-based operating systems for embedded products in my last two jobs and that's an incredibly powerful amount of flexibility.
Looks cool. If this product line is still around next time I upgrade, I'll look into these again and see if they ended up being well received.
I recently got one of the 2-in-1 models that's basically a laptop with a 360 degree hinge from a more mainstream manufacturer. A detachable keyboard version like open_slate or Surface would probably be better, but it works fine. I was originally looking at traditional laptops and tablets, but I started seeing videos about these types of devices, and saw people were able to get Linux on them with stylus support and everything. I realized that for my preferences and use cases, this form factor was by far the obvious choice. I didn't know much about these 2-in-1s before, but now that I've used one, it seems to me like this is the future of productivity/content consumption devices the same way that dockable handhelds like the Switch/Steam Deck feel like the future of gaming devices. It's the marriage of two types of device in a way that makes both better instead of just felling like a "jack of all trades, master of none".
The big question is what size to make these things. Mine is 14 inches, which is a perfect laptop size but a huge tablet. These open_slates and Framework's version are 12 inches, which is both a pretty big tablet and a pretty small laptop.
Indiegogo page: https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/braxtechnologies/open_slate
YouTube trailer: https://youtu.be/dyEYum3cIQQ
Specs: https://community.braxtech.net/t/open-slate-megathread/4041