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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Recommendations for mobile Linux desktop environments that run well on an x86 tablet? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have an unused Windows tablet from 2021 running some Core M processor or other that I want to put Linux on and start using again. It doesn't have a keyboard so I would have to actually use it as a tablet and not a laptop. Is there a distro built around one of the mobile desktop environments that also runs well on x86? (Last time I tried Linux mobile it was pretty much only for ARM and I never got it to work well on even an x86 virtual machine.) Or is regular GNOME deskrop still my best bet for a tablet?

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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

unity from ubuntu would have been perfect since that is exactly what it was designed for; but it's not a thing anymore.

if the tablet has low specs; i would go with a minimalist distro like damn small or puppy linux.

[–] tophneal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There’s some keeping it alive. Name now is Lomiri

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

this looks great since i loved unity; thanks for making me aware.