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 <[email protected]> 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- > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
