A new Linux tablet has been unveiled, and this time it’s one from Purism. The new tablet is the Purism Librem 11 Tablet, which runs the open source PureOS based Pure Boot upon delivery, geared towards the security conscious. So let’s have a look at the specs, because for $999, we should expect some pretty good hardware. For starters, this is an 11.5-inch tablet with a 2560 x 1600 resolution … more…
A few Linux tablets hits the market now and then, but usually none that gets the heart racing. This time however, the most interesting Linux tablet are entering the market since the JingPad A1 back in 2021. And it’s the StarLite 5 from Star Labs. Star Labs was founded by Linux enthusiasts 7 years ago, and have produced a series of Linux laptops and mini PCs before they announced their … more…
Linux tablets have struggled to get a real foothold in the tablet market, but Linux tablets keep coming thanks to small groups of enthusiasts. This week the Juno Tab 2 BETA product started taking pre-orders, which is a well equipped 2-in-1 tablet when considering that it’s a Linux tablet. It has an 11-inch screen with a display resolution of 2160 x 1440, and it’s powered by an Intel Celeron N5100 … more…
As promised in December, Pine64 has shared an updated on the progress of the Linux tablet PineTab2. Among the progress reports, they currently believe it may launch from the Pine store in April. The price will be a reasonable $159 for the 4GB LPDDR4 RAM/64GB eMMC storage model, and $209 for the 8GB RAM/128GB storage model. The community developed PineTab2 entered into production in February, so by now it’s down … more…
The first PineTab Linux tablet was launched 2 1/2 years ago, and today the collaborators of Pine64 announced the successor PineTab 2. Announced so far is a metal chassis with snap tabs that’s intended to make it easer to open and thus upgrade and tweak the hardware on. They even said that they will offer replacement parts a while after launch. Specs announced thus far includes a Rockchip RK3588 processor, … more…
A shot at a game changer was announced today, when the team behind the Linux OS JingOS also announced that they will launch a Linux tablet in September by the name JingPad A1. This will then be the world’s first consumer level Linux tablet, which should help to demystify Linux as an operating system, and make it more appealing and or accessible to everyone. JingOS can of course be installed … more…
JingOS is an upcoming and possibly the first Linux OS for tablets that will really take off. JingOS have announced that this Linux OS will be released on January 31. The company has been upfront about the devices they’ve tested it on so far, and says that the Surface Pro 6 and Huawei Matebook 14 with touchscreen are the only two devices that JingOS has been fully tested on so … more…
The Linux tablet PineTab will launch around the fourth week of August, and incidentally it will also be one of the cheapest tablets to launch in August. It is designed by a community group of computer and Linux enthusiasts, and will ship with the UBports OS. Right now, only a last minute change to newer driver for the display has delayed the launch with a couple of days. Costing just … more…
While we are huge fans of budget tablets made by reputable brands that offer good enough specs so that they are still very useful, we are even greater fans of tablets at the other end of the scale – tablets that push the envelope. And for the first time in years, there’s a fresh wind among tablet brands. UPDATED: Linshof later abandoned this project altogether and stated that: “Linshof is … more…