aidalgol | I'm looking for a GNU/Linux-friendly tablet computer and someone who got good advice here suggested I also ask here. | 00:05 |
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cobalt60_ | aidalgol Nexus 7 | 04:28 |
aidalgol | cobalt60_: That seems to still have many issues: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/KnownIssues | 04:29 |
cobalt60_ | as far as ARM goes, I think thats as friendly as its going to get | 04:30 |
cobalt60_ | as for low memory issues, that one is easy to fix | 04:30 |
cobalt60_ | My AC100 boots into 65MB RAM use | 04:31 |
cobalt60_ | though my solution involves removing Unity :) | 04:32 |
aidalgol | I was planning on doing that, anyway. :P | 04:42 |
aidalgol | The Nook Color is reported to work very well with Ubuntu. | 04:43 |
cobalt60_ | very interesting. Do you know about Toshiba AC100? Its not tablet but is ARM based. I personally find that I wish it had more than 512MB RAM and larger than 1024x600 display | 04:53 |
aidalgol | I'll look it up. | 04:54 |
cobalt60_ | And even the dual 1GHz A9 core struggles with simple things like an NES emulator, granted Tegra2 has no NEON | 04:54 |
cobalt60_ | That Nook Color seems similar to the OpenPandora spec-wise, and so could actually probably run emulators fairly well due to the OpenPandora having a relatively large community behind it | 04:55 |
aidalgol | Yeah, I'm not sure exactly how the graphics compare with the AC100. | 04:56 |
cobalt60_ | Although the hardware is there, software to take advantage of it isnt too common | 04:56 |
cobalt60_ | But the hardware in the Nook looks almost identical to OpenPandora, you know what that is? | 04:57 |
aidalgol | I won't need much power for my out-and-about uses. | 04:57 |
aidalgol | Yeah, I was just looking at the OpenPandora and comparing it. | 04:57 |
cobalt60_ | So the Nook Color certainly seems like a nice device. Ive made do with similar limitations on my AC100. | 04:59 |
cobalt60_ | But Nexus 7 may not be functioning perfectly with Ubuntu now, but I bet support will develop rapidly | 05:00 |
aidalgol | The Nexus 7 is also a bit out of my price range. :P | 05:02 |
cobalt60_ | How much is Nook Color? | 05:03 |
aidalgol | $149 | 05:06 |
cobalt60_ | isnt Nexus 7 $200 | 05:07 |
aidalgol | For the cheaper one, yes. | 05:07 |
cobalt60_ | ok. just for $50 you get 4x as many cores, 2x as much ram, 50% more MHz per core, 2x storage, video also many times better | 05:08 |
aidalgol | true | 05:09 |
aidalgol | It also hasn't been out for as long, so that's pretty good compatibility so far. | 05:09 |
aidalgol | I think I'll wait and see if it progresses quickly. | 05:10 |
aidalgol | Because, yes, that is a much better buy, issues aside. | 05:10 |
cobalt60_ | I bet it will work very well for Ubuntu 13.04 | 05:11 |
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mfisch | ogra_: review: http://www.phonenews.com/review-ubuntu-for-nexus-7-21742/ | 15:12 |
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ieatlint | does the nexus 7 ubuntu image work on the 32gb version of the device? | 17:03 |
thealphanerd | hey guys… anyone playing with ubuntu on the nexus 7? | 17:26 |
thealphanerd | just got my device in the mail and have a ton of ideas of what to hack on… was just curious if there were any bits that particularly needed work… and if anyone has thought about dual booting | 17:27 |
ben1066 | ieatlint: yes, you probably want to expand the partition though | 18:30 |
ben1066 | thealphanerd: there has been a lot of discussion about dual booting but I don't think anything has come out of it yet, it's not exactly straight forward, in regards to what needs work in specific you can look at the bug tracker. | 18:31 |
thealphanerd | ben1066: thanks for the response | 18:31 |
ben1066 | also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/KnownIssues | 18:32 |
ben1066 | you're welcome, just got myself a free upgrade to a 16GB cause my 8GB is faulty :P | 18:33 |
thealphanerd | thanks | 18:42 |
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thealphanerd | hey all | 21:18 |
thealphanerd | so my 32 GB nexus 7 showed up today | 21:18 |
thealphanerd | just in the process of doing the ubuntu install | 21:18 |
thealphanerd | if you guys want confirmation of stuff working on that device | 21:18 |
ieatlint | i also just finished installing it on the 32gb version | 21:19 |
ieatlint | working fine so far, presently installing ssh | 21:19 |
thealphanerd | woot | 21:20 |
thealphanerd | ieatlint: have you resized the drive yet? | 21:20 |
ieatlint | nope | 21:20 |
ieatlint | ssh was #1 thing to do because i don't have a usb-otg cable with me to get a keyboard attached | 21:20 |
thealphanerd | ditto | 21:20 |
thealphanerd | install avahi daemon too | 21:21 |
thealphanerd | will make things simple | 21:21 |
ieatlint | i highly recommend that once the install completes and it boots into the os, to reboot once before trying to use it | 21:21 |
thealphanerd | thanks for the heads up | 21:22 |
ieatlint | avahi-daemon is already installed | 21:23 |
thealphanerd | dope sauce | 21:23 |
thealphanerd | ssh isn't though? | 21:23 |
thealphanerd | interesting | 21:23 |
ieatlint | yeah | 21:23 |
ieatlint | i was surprised ssh wasn't | 21:23 |
thealphanerd | I was suprised how quickly this howed up | 21:24 |
ieatlint | i wish the 8gb version was still available now, one store quoted me a $150 price for it, but they were completely out | 21:26 |
thealphanerd | dang | 21:26 |
ieatlint | for my purposes... storage space isn't really needed, and $150 tablet to run ubuntu would be fantastic | 21:26 |
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gildean | iirc openssh-server isn't included in desktop installs either | 21:40 |
ieatlint | opengl working perfectly even... to the guys who worked on this, bravo, did a fantastic job and it will make my life a lot easier :) | 21:42 |
thealphanerd | it works! | 21:47 |
thealphanerd | ieatlint: what's the default password on this install? | 22:10 |
ieatlint | ubuntu/ubuntu | 22:10 |
thealphanerd | thanks | 22:15 |
thealphanerd | didn't seem to work the first itme | 22:15 |
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