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aidalgolI'm looking for a GNU/Linux-friendly tablet computer and someone who got good advice here suggested I also ask here.00:05
cobalt60_aidalgol Nexus 704:28
aidalgolcobalt60_: That seems to still have many issues: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/KnownIssues04:29
cobalt60_as far as ARM goes, I think thats as friendly as its going to get04:30
cobalt60_as for low memory issues, that one is easy to fix04:30
cobalt60_My AC100 boots into 65MB RAM use04:31
cobalt60_though my solution involves removing Unity :)04:32
aidalgolI was planning on doing that, anyway. :P04:42
aidalgolThe 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 display04:53
aidalgolI'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 NEON04:54
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 it04:55
aidalgolYeah, 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 common04:56
cobalt60_But the hardware in the Nook looks almost identical to OpenPandora, you know what that is?04:57
aidalgolI won't need much power for my out-and-about uses.04:57
aidalgolYeah, 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 rapidly05:00
aidalgolThe Nexus 7 is also a bit out of my price range. :P05:02
cobalt60_How much is Nook Color?05:03
aidalgol$14905:06
cobalt60_isnt Nexus 7 $20005:07
aidalgolFor 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 better05:08
aidalgoltrue05:09
aidalgolIt also hasn't been out for as long, so that's pretty good compatibility so far.05:09
aidalgolI think I'll wait and see if it progresses quickly.05:10
aidalgolBecause, yes, that is a much better buy, issues aside.05:10
cobalt60_I bet it will work very well for Ubuntu 13.0405:11
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mfischogra_: review: http://www.phonenews.com/review-ubuntu-for-nexus-7-21742/15:12
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ieatlintdoes the nexus 7 ubuntu image work on the 32gb version of the device?17:03
thealphanerdhey guys… anyone playing with ubuntu on the nexus 7?17:26
thealphanerdjust 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 booting17:27
ben1066ieatlint: yes, you probably want to expand the partition though18:30
ben1066thealphanerd: 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
thealphanerdben1066: thanks for the response18:31
ben1066also https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/KnownIssues18:32
ben1066you're welcome, just got myself a free upgrade to a 16GB cause my 8GB is faulty :P18:33
thealphanerdthanks18:42
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thealphanerdhey all21:18
thealphanerdso my 32 GB nexus 7 showed up today21:18
thealphanerdjust in the process of doing the ubuntu install21:18
thealphanerdif you guys want confirmation of stuff working on that device21:18
ieatlinti also just finished installing it on the 32gb version21:19
ieatlintworking fine so far, presently installing ssh21:19
thealphanerdwoot21:20
thealphanerdieatlint: have you resized the drive yet?21:20
ieatlintnope21:20
ieatlintssh was #1 thing to do because i don't have a usb-otg cable with me to get a keyboard attached21:20
thealphanerdditto21:20
thealphanerdinstall avahi daemon too21:21
thealphanerdwill make things simple21:21
ieatlinti highly recommend that once the install completes and it boots into the os, to reboot once before trying to use it21:21
thealphanerdthanks for the heads up21:22
ieatlintavahi-daemon is already installed21:23
thealphanerddope sauce21:23
thealphanerdssh isn't though?21:23
thealphanerdinteresting21:23
ieatlintyeah21:23
ieatlinti was surprised ssh wasn't21:23
thealphanerdI was suprised how quickly this howed up21:24
ieatlinti wish the 8gb version was still available now, one store quoted me a $150 price for it, but they were completely out21:26
thealphanerddang21:26
ieatlintfor my purposes... storage space isn't really needed, and $150 tablet to run ubuntu would be fantastic21:26
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gildeaniirc openssh-server isn't included in desktop installs either21:40
ieatlintopengl 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
thealphanerdit works!21:47
thealphanerdieatlint: what's the default password on this install?22:10
ieatlintubuntu/ubuntu22:10
thealphanerdthanks22:15
thealphanerddidn't seem to work the first itme22:15

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