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Linux Based Tablets Are Coming

Posted by timothy on from the drunk-people dept.

CrypticSpawn writes "Read some good news on Diracian; there will be a Linux tablet coming out running Lycoris's Linux distribution, Lycoris Desktop/LX Tablet Edition. What's great is the tablet is the Protege by Toshiba, so you get a laptop and a tablet wrapped up into one. I guess I am a gadget fanatic, I love my Zaurus, now I want this. They even have pictures of it here. Also found another reference of this tablet on PC World, without the pics."

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  1. In the next release? by Leeji · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Right now one of the things it is lacking that it really needs is handwritting recognition, which they say will be in the next release.

    Did I tell you I'm just about to submit my perpetual motion machine to manufacturing? Motion will be in the next release, though.

    But seriously... I hope they're talking about the "next release" as in "the version that will go onto the tablet when it ships." A Tablet Pc is just an expensive doodle pad without the handwriting recognition.

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  2. Linux Tablet PC == Good? by aardwolf204 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Let me just make sure I understand this correctly:

    Windows Tablet PC == Bad
    Linux Tablet PC == Good

    Ok, continue on with the mindless /. ramblings...

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  3. Um, yeah... by rsilvergun · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Windows Tablet PC == Enormous licencing costs that bite into already razor thin margins

    Tablet PC sales have been disapointing, and I understand that Microsoft made a deal with one of the manufacturers (I forget which one) that bundles the handwriting recognition software free with the OS while everyone else has to shell out for both. That's gotta be pissing the rest of 'em off.

    Once the handwriting app's written, this'll be a perfect market for linux to make some headway in. I only hope they're not boneheaded enough to release the thing without handwriting recognition (maybe banking on the ability to use it as a laptop instead).

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  4. Re:Uhh... by jhujoe · · Score: 4, Insightful
    So, you've got a perfectly good laptop now, and instead of just buying a notepad, you're going to buy a combination of the two?

    You're missing the obvious advantage of having one device instead of two.

    In fact, I was just passively reading slashdot in tablet mode on my Portege 3500, when I decided to flip it into laptop mode to quickly write this rebuttal to your ignorant posts. Now I will flip back into tablet mode and continue browsing slashdot like a book.

    Now -- let's see... you suggest having two different devices... Am I supposed to carry two devices with me at all times? And if I were browsing this same article on my slate tablet, and wanted to write a length reply like this, I would have to boot up / start using my tablet, navigate to the same page I am already at, and write this reply? Or use a pen that is made for only short input?

    I hope you can see that there are clear advantages to the hybrid style.