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I've been pretty happy with my Pixel Tablet running GrapheneOS. I don't know everything you're hoping to do, so maybe Android won't work for you. However, I've been using Plex, Newpipe, Termux, Roon, and other apps, and it's working well for me.
The stand still works as a speaker when connected as well, which is nice.
I think they're looking for a gnu/linux tablet and not linux/android tablet
I thought about buying a Starlite by Starlabs. It looked pretty cool, but I just don't need a tablet.
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I wouldn't get the Librem 11, I don't trust purism after the librem 5.
It's Linux-based hardware, so any OS could be installed easily if PureOS isn't a good fit for OP. And, unlike the phone, it's basically a computer, like one of their laptops (which have been fine).
If we are talking about Pinephone, Fairphone, Librem 5, etc. -- they all suffer uniquely. Modems drop on all these devices often enough, battery life sucks based on tasks, app support is sundry, screens are left wanting, and more. Phones are hard to make.
I might class Linux-based hardware phones differently from Linux-based hardware tablets.
Some Microsoft surface models can run surface-linux pretty well
I've got a SP8 which I've been running PopOS on since the start of the year. The cameras don't work but this isn't a deal-breaker for me, it runs smoothly and is perfect for my needs as a media consumption device (music, movies, comics) with some browsing. There were some issues I had on installation but nothing that couldn't be resolved. Many thanks to the Linux surface team!
Surface Go 1 running Fedora for me. It runs perfectly even if booting from a USB to install Linux can be tricky and the Bluetooth is slow to puck up my mouse on startup.
It’s linked by usb-c to a monitor for when I’m home.
Don’t know how these are now, but my buddy had a Surface Pro 4, and that thing made me regret buying what i had at the time. Ran like a dream, especially considering the form factor. Very unexpected
Have an SP4 now, running Nobara KDE, because I'm too lazy to install the surface Linux kernel on a different distro. It's pretty great. I bought a cheap one, and it has some issues unrelated to Linux. In fact it runs a lot better and the hardware issues are alleviated slightly after removing windows.
Long story short, would highly recommend buying a not borked Surface and slapping Linux on it.
Does Nobara have surface kernel built in?!?? This is news to me, might reinstall due to this.
Have you taken a look at the pinetab? Its probably the most Dev oriented Linux tablet. Librem-11 might be the only Linux native x86 tabket but if you don't mind flashing a new OS a refurbished/used microsoft surface would be cheap and powerful. (Need the linux-surface kernal for all functionality)
I wouldn't recommend the Pinetab2 at this time. It isn't fully functional.
I am interested in this as well. I currently have an iPad Pro and while I won't be upgrading right now, I have been looking in the space for the future. I'd prefer something more powerful than and M1/M2 iPad to even consider switching. I haven't seen much in the tablet space that is not Apple orAndroid, but while being performant. I saw that Minisforum has announced the V3, but it isn't out yet. Has an AMD 8840u, 14" 165hz display. Looks promising, but I'd be worried about battery life.