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Ask the Community: In the Market for a Modern Tablet

posted by janrinok on Thursday May 10 2018, @02:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the wild-dreams? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

I tried searching and came to the conclusion this does not exist. I would like a tablet with the following features:

  • Easy to install (or pre-installed) LineageOS, or some other open source OS that doesnt require any fighting with bloatware or control over updates (please give your opinion on what is best)
  • Easy to open up and repair (and mod) the device hardware myself without any special tools (ie, standard electronics screwdrivers, etc)
  • Matte screen with dynamic range that allows the screen to be bright enough to use in the sun but dark enough to use while falling asleep.

I don't plan on using it for anything besides basic web browsing and pdf reading, so it should be cheap. However, price is no object if it has those features. There was one other soft criteria but it sounded like an ad so I removed it... See if you can guess.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @02:53PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @02:53PM (#677889)

    Weren't these titled "Ask Soylent" [soylentnews.org] before? Any reason for the change?

    (I don't know anything about tablets, so can't help there. Just wondering about the "rebranding".)

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @02:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @02:58PM (#677891)

    I looked for that option in the topic list but didn't see it. "Ask the community" was added to the title by the editors.

  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday May 10 2018, @05:06PM (1 child)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Thursday May 10 2018, @05:06PM (#677997) Journal

    The only topic option given to the editor is to select 'Answers'. I agree that we used to see 'Ask Soylent' but I was editing this at 06:30 local before I had to dash off to the hospital. I'll try to remember for next time....

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @07:55PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @07:55PM (#678081)

      No worries, I was just wondering if it's a conscious change, and if so, why. Like, if that company that makes Soylent food tried to flex some trademark muscle or whatever. It'd be stupid, but sadly not unheard of.

      > I was editing this at 06:30 local before I had to dash off to the hospital.

      Ouch, now that's dedication. Thanks. Since you had the time for editing, I guess that at least it wasn't an emergency? In any case, take care.

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:18PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:18PM (#678167)

    404 Device Not Found