[Discuss] Open Source IPad Recommendations

[Ben Kallus]

If you're looking to maximize longevity, Android isn't ideal because
most Android SoCs+peripherals never make it into mainline, so your
device will work on the newest LineageOS only as long as the kernel is
updated by the manufacturer (i.e. not that long).

A better option for a free software tablet might be to pick up a cheap
Microsoft Surface and install your free OS of choice on it.

Ben

On 11/5/22, Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> wrote:
> MC wrote:
>> What's the chance that there's an Ipad out there that supports an Open
>> Source O/S?
>>
>> I need a new Ipad and don't want to be locked into an Apple or Dell that
>> can't be upgraded. I also like cheap, so I can go legacy, as long as I
>> can
>> get on the internet, which I can still do with my Apple IPad 1. I just
>> can't
>> download with it, and in the last few months can't get email either.
>> before
>> that, I was fine.
>
> By "iPad" do you mean Apple hardware, or "tablet of reasonable
> size and weight"?
>
> LineageOS -- a largely open-source, community-driven adaptation
> of Android -- explicitly supports Samsung's S5e and S6 tablets,
> Sony's Xperia Tablet Z2. You can find unofficial ports to a
> number of other tablets.
>
> If you don't care about ideological purity, an Amazon Fire HD10
> is nicely priced because Amazon expects to make money from you
> on media consumption. Subvert that by installing F-Droid and
> your own homescreen launcher.
>
> -dsr-
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