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I have an unused Windows tablet from 2021 running some Core M processor or other that I want to put Linux on and start using again. It doesn't have a keyboard so I would have to actually use it as a tablet and not a laptop. Is there a distro built around one of the mobile desktop environments that also runs well on x86? (Last time I tried Linux mobile it was pretty much only for ARM and I never got it to work well on even an x86 virtual machine.) Or is regular GNOME deskrop still my best bet for a tablet?

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[–] wobfan@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

AFAIK Android for x86 was a short project that only lasted some years and has been mostly abandoned unfortunately.

[–] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

BlissOS might do?

They state x86_64 on their downloads page, so it is probably for 64 bit systems only, but OP's tablet being from 2021 should be 64 bit.

[–] wobfan@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That’s interesting! Actually a friend contacted me yesterday about android on a PC, and while I immediately replied „no“ I just revisited this and saw your reply! We‘ll give it a shot I think! Thank you!

[–] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On Linux there's also the Waydroid project which might be a more safe option and actually runs pretty well on my budget machine considering it runs on top of another OS.

[–] wobfan@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh that’s interesting. Just out of curiousity, do you know whether I can connect to devices via Bluetooth from e.g. Waydroid? Would maybe give it a try!

[–] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I didn't try that, but I think it is not possible, but since the Android is running on top of Linux, you just connect to your bluetooth headphones using the under Linux and it will have the same result.

[–] wobfan@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

thank you! unfortunately it's not about headphones but about some proprietary android app that has it's own protocol to talk with some also proprietary devices via bluetooth, so that probably won't work. but will try bliss os soon (soon = in the next month, hopefully, haha)!