On Thu, November 29, 2012 8:16 pm, Carlos sanchiavedraz wrote: > Hello dear all. > > I'm thinking about purchasing some device that is portable, better if > it has a touch screen. > I would love your opinion and maybe know about some devices I'm not > aware yet that are Linux-friendly or have standard components. > Wait a few more months. Asus are going head to head with Sony for the largest touchscreen PC/Tablet and they are going to make it x86... There will be more of these devices arriving in the next two quarters now that the hype over Windows 8 has started to subside and the manufacturers realise they can't ignore Linux solutions. > The possibilities are: > > Netbook / Barebone / UMPC / Headless-Board devices: > * pros: portable, powerful, versatile, multipurpose, you can use > almost any repository and distro (x86/x86_64 arq.), multiple > connections, compatible HW out-of-the-box, UMPCs (Ultra Mobile PCs) > have touch screens > * cons: some don't have (touch)screen, some don't have HD, you need > peripherals (mouse, keyboard), poor HW compatibility (touch screen one > of the cases), ARM sometimes is not enough for audio > > Tablet, Mobile: > * pros: GUI really touch-driven, don't need peripherals, multi-core > chips, some companies have Android tablets but they also publish > Debian/Linux images for the device you could tweak (Archos), HW > is/could be Linux compatible if it runs on Android, USB compliant HW > should run > * cons: limited power (ARM sometimes is not enough for audio), don't > have typical Linux-audio SW and repositories, scarce quality > audio-apps, proprietary connectors, you have to develop a mobile > version of your apps, latency is an important issue on Android > > I guess our friends at Indamixx surely had to deal with something like > this at the time, and now there's even more choices with a flood of > portable touch devices everywhere. > > Thanks all in advance. > > P.D: Here are some examples to illustrate: > > * Netbooks: > http://eeepc.asus.com/ > > * UMPC: > - http://www.umpcportal.com/products/Viliv/X70%20EX/ > > * Headless-Board devices: > http://www.raspberrypi.org/ > http://pandaboard.org/ > http://beagleboard.org/ > > * Tablet: > - > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00422XOEG/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=fibykr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00422XOEG > - Debian in Archos: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGnkzAiuhUk&list=PL281A181403192C58&feature=plcp > > -- > Carlos sanchiavedraz > * Musix GNU+Linux > http://www.musix.es > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
