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?
unity from ubuntu would have been perfect since that is exactly what it was designed for; but it’s not a thing anymore.
if the tablet has low specs; i would go with a minimalist distro like damn small or puppy linux.
@HiddenLayer555
@plasmamobile runs on x86 I think. #POSH is a #GNOME / #GTK fork for mobile. I believe GNOME 40+ is mobile friendly now.
You also have the #Unity continuations:
Unity8: https://lomiri.com by @ubports
Unity7: https://unityd.org
Hear me out… Can you make it a Chromebook?
Linux based, touch-friendly Android apps, full Linux apps. Has a full desktop Chrome but if you run Firefox Android Nightly you get a full tab interface, too.
We’ve got some old Lenovo Duet 3 tablets that run pretty smooth still. ChromeOS was meant to be light weight.
kDE Neon project might work ymmv.
