I’m looking for something in the low hundreds range, mostly to do Visual Studio Code, pretty light html editing, general purpose stuff like Netflix and web browsing.

I’d kind of just like a decent tablet with a keyboard cover. The Pixel tablet might be an option, even if I have to go with something like this.

https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_tablet $280

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/shop/p/k480-multi-device-wireless $35

I’d of course prefer to run Linux over Android if it works. Is there anything in a similar form factor and function for price in the Linux world?

  • actionjbone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    You can find a used Surface Pro with keyboard cover in your price range. It’s a little heavier than your typical Android tablet, but with the Linux-Surface kernel it seems to run pretty well.

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Don’t even know if you can find them right now, but the Minisforum V3 is a stunner as a dev machine and tablet. Great Linux compatibility (even the fingerprint sensor works), and great design. The only downside is the battery life being about 2-3 hrs. Could probably get 5-6hrs out of the pixel tablet, though Android is awful for actual development.

  • Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’m not too knowledgeable about tablets but if you do end up with android, ACode is a decent replacement for VSCode