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Hi Linux nerds,

I've started up classes recently, and with being a recent convert and all, was a little curious to hear if anyone had any recommendations for a tablet capable of handling the workload of a student and that runs linux. I'm a bit of a neophyte when it comes to hardware (especially tablets, I've never had one in my life), though I've got enough experience to run Fedora on my PC.

My needs are pretty simple, I just need to be able to run libreoffice and take notes on the machine during lectures. Any insights as to where I should be looking?

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[–] treverflume@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I installed grapheneOS on a pixel tablet and it works really well.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

pixel tab is still overpriced though. it really needs a price drop

[–] treverflume@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 days ago

Idk I never bought a tablet in my life so I just figured I'm paying a bit more for a device that I'll truly own and can do whatever I want with. I don't ever plan on buying devices I can't do that. It was definitely worth it but I also agree. I paid more for it then the power of the specs.