What about tablet powered by Linux Mint?
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:42 pm
Hello!
In the few past years the tablet has become more and more popular due to it's portability and form factor and the recent technology provides powerful hardware and more capabilities. I know that Android is now ruling the tablet market but it seems to me that it is (still) not providing a full computer like experience. By this I mean, for example, I like my linux programs that I've been always using but I can't use them on a tablet so I must use android apps, sometimes with suspicious permissions required or if I'd like to do some basic programming I can't do it on a tablet. So I was thinking that it would be really great to be able to install a linux distro on a tablet without having to do dark magic, as simple as it is to install it on a computer. Having in mind that Linux Mint has made the linux world much more easy for the average user and brought to everyone of us so many options to choose from, I feel confident that Linux Mint Team could extend the Mint experience on tablets too. Some months ago Clem announced the first branded Mint device, the mintBox that looks impressing, so I thought that a branded mint tablet would be a great idea too. Obviously it would have to use a modified Linux Mint distribution installed, optimized for performance and free from features not available for the tablet platform but meantime being a full featured linux operating system.
In short my suggestions/ideas/distant dream is:
***Linux Mint for tablets
***Branded Mint tablet
Thank you for the great Linux Mint!
Milen
In the few past years the tablet has become more and more popular due to it's portability and form factor and the recent technology provides powerful hardware and more capabilities. I know that Android is now ruling the tablet market but it seems to me that it is (still) not providing a full computer like experience. By this I mean, for example, I like my linux programs that I've been always using but I can't use them on a tablet so I must use android apps, sometimes with suspicious permissions required or if I'd like to do some basic programming I can't do it on a tablet. So I was thinking that it would be really great to be able to install a linux distro on a tablet without having to do dark magic, as simple as it is to install it on a computer. Having in mind that Linux Mint has made the linux world much more easy for the average user and brought to everyone of us so many options to choose from, I feel confident that Linux Mint Team could extend the Mint experience on tablets too. Some months ago Clem announced the first branded Mint device, the mintBox that looks impressing, so I thought that a branded mint tablet would be a great idea too. Obviously it would have to use a modified Linux Mint distribution installed, optimized for performance and free from features not available for the tablet platform but meantime being a full featured linux operating system.
In short my suggestions/ideas/distant dream is:
***Linux Mint for tablets
***Branded Mint tablet
Thank you for the great Linux Mint!
Milen