Volla Tablet will ship with Android, but supports Ubuntu Touch multi-boot (crowdfunding) - Liliputing
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Volla Tablet will ship with Android, but supports Ubuntu Touch multi-boot (crowdfunding)
  • exu@feditown.comEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    Awesome to see more first party Linux support, especially in a tablet form factor.

    It’s slightly disappointing to see a Mediatek SOC though, they’ve always had worse support for custom ROMs and kernels. Probably due to the cost comparable of Qualcomm chips.

    • linmob@lemmy.mlMEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Ubuntu Touch suggests that this will use Halium most likely, which is good for features, but … it’s not mainline.

      Although: Thanks to Chromebooks, there are now a few Mediatek SoCs with okay mainline support. But while the Helio G99 seems quite similar to the Kompanio 520 at first glance, they are quite different, sadly.