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>Did the x86 tablet that can run linux die?

is tablet kill?

>>1026363

seems like that is the case, which is unfortunate because 6-7 inch phones that also have fragile screens are a cancerous format, would much rather get something 9 inch for the better readability if I gotta use my jacket pocket instead of my pants' pockets, anyway.

>>1026355 (OP)

>Did the x86 tablet that can run linux die?

You can run Linux on ARM though. ARM has better performance per watt. x86 is hot and requires massive heatsinks and gets poor battery life.

If you really want an x86 "tablet" then just get one of those 2-in-1 laptops.

Or build a Raspberry Pi tablet.

>>1026377

I'd do that, but most tablets don't have the BIOS/UEFI standardization of PC world. Literally every vendor regardless of SoC used has a different boot procedure, raspberry pi or some ubuntu touch devices are practically the only options... so it's either not really portable or underpowered.

>>1026465

bruh even x86 UEFIs are anti-alternative OSes these days

Windows 10 fucks up multi-booting, and some secureboot shit tries to stop you from installing gentoo or whatever, and some OEMs try to lock that shit down

>>1026377

>You can run Linux on ARM though. ARM has better performance per watt. x86 is hot and requires massive heatsinks and gets poor battery life.

This is actually exactly the opposite of reality. x86 is specifically used in data centers because the performance PER WATT is what matters. Arm is only used because the ABSOLUTE power consumption is lower.

>>1026572

x86 is used in datacenters due to familiarity with x86 versions of Unix and backwards compatibility, not due to perf/W.

ARM and 386 clones have been trading blows in cherrypicked efficiency benchmarks for years. The P4 forced x86 to adopt efficiency practices.

gb2intel

>>1026572

>x86 is specifically used in data centers because the performance PER WATT is what matters.

Lolno, obscure manycore architectures like the Pezy chips have the best performance per watt, not that it matters anyway since many applications are offloading workloads to accelerators. In what could be considered the mainstream ISAs space PPC64 probably has the best performance per watt, and even then only in some performance metrics.

The reason why x86 is used in datacenters is because of the massive amount of code which exists for x86 due to its domination in the desktop space that naturally leads to software developers writing and tuning code for their x86 system which then needs to be run on an x86 server, because most software developers and build system managers are too fucking retarded to do any sort of non native development. Remember that many software developers don't even know what cmake or its equivalents are.

>>1026355 (OP) Android also Linux because it has Linux kernel. We call any OSes Linux if it has Linux kernel!

Android is also Linux because it has Linux kernel. We call any OSes Linux if it has Linux kernel!