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 No.3842

/g/uys, I'm thinking about buying a tablet. I've never encountered a laptop worth a damn, and I really want a portable computing solution to work while I'm on the go. I have a few questions before I embark on this questionable journey:

•Can I (using an external optical drive) install an older version of Gentoo 7 on any tablet without fucking everything sky high? I know a lot of times hardware for stuff like this is chosen specifically because it works with whatever datamining OS was tossed onto the machine, but since I'm not an idiot, I feel like I could work around that kind of stuff. Correct me if I'm wrong.

•Is a tablet actually a good option vs a laptop? I have reservations about laptops, but that could just be poor selection on my part/the part of others whose laptops I have experience with. I feel like the fewer moving parts like fans and fold-able screens would help with preventing huge breaks, but I'm willing to admit I may be wrong.

•Is there any fucking tablet that doesn't use Intel's horseshit processors? I'm an AMD man, myself, but I can't seem to find anything aside from Intel's rubbish.

 No.4135

>>3842

You probably can not install gentoo lad unless you get the surface

What do you want to do with a tablet

and not everything uses intel, but intel isnt bad either


 No.4211

>>3842

I would suggest getting a tablet compatible with multirom, which will allow you to install any arm compatible OS afaik. That way you can skip the data mining altogether.

I'm trying to do the same thing with my amazon fire 7 I picked up on sale for $35. I want to help issue in the age of cheap burner computers.




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