I like the look of the uconsole but want to know if there are any alternatives with similar form factor. I want to get a protabel Linux machine
Steam Deck?
While it does contain a lot of FOSS, SteamOS3 isn’t publicly available yet so I don’t think it counts. You could just put a different OS on the Deck though!
Bazzite is my favorite Steam Deck operating system
Recently I became aware of ‘StarLite’ tablets – the prices are pretty steep, but the specs look really good, esp. wrt the screen.
Starlabs look cool. Their own hardware, coreboot, Linux out of the box, UK company. Planning to get one of their laptops when I’m done with my current one.
Heard of it but those prices tho
Maybe it’s not on sale everywhere, but it’s the same price as a 256GB Pixel Tablet for twice the RAM, twice the storage, and full Linux instead of Android.
Tablets are traditionally a closed design, with the OS tightly locked down. Even if that price were high, which I’d challenge it’s not aside from the CPU choice (probably by necessity), there’s bound to be a bit of a premium for early devices to a niche market.
I’m not sure why you would go with anything but the steam deck, unless budget is a factor.
If you mean for gaming, I’m mostly happy with my Anbernic 351M running modified Ubuntu, ArkOS.
If you want a phone factor, the Pinephone is fun to mess with and has a bunch of different distros you can run.
If you’re thinking about drawing, see if you can get your hands on a convertible laptop with a Wacom digitizer built into the screen, from Fujitsu. Install any distro.
PinePhone Pro with keyboard case?
I believe I saw a video where somebody installed Linux on the GPD Win Max. They make a few different portable devices that maybe can run Linux
Gpd is cool but super expensive
