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That one does is not mass produced either right? I guess I am the only one who finds Ratpoison on Linux far better than Windows any day which is what I use on my Openpandora and it does allow me to be productive.


It's a new device expected to launch in October, from a company that makes handheld consoles - http://www.gpd.hk.

They launched this well-received (albeit in the sense that all of this is very niche) clamshell Android device last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV80_oiacgs


Thanks for that. My Google chops must be bad or maybe theirs are as I search for clamshell devices regurlarly (I cannot be the only fan right?) and never find anything new...


That blog I linked earlier - Obscure Handhelds - is the best site I've found to keep up with new devices and crowdfunding projects.


Windows only though.


You can install whatever OS you want on it unless they locked the device down.


Well you know driver support can be spotty for Linux if the manufacturer does not suport it officially.


Dual booting Atom tablets with Android + Windows have been available since Windows 8.0 and people have already installed Ubuntu on those devices - it might already be supported, along with Android as a nice bonus!


I'm obviously not talking about Atom itself, but everything around it. Wifi, BT, whatever they are using for the nubs...

There are still recent computers such as the HP Stream 11 for which Linux support is still lacking, even though its hardware is fairly standard.

That's why official Linux support is critical.


It is a windows 10 computer, it comes with secure boot and UEFI.




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