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Cheap Linux tablet?
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Many surface devices don’t need a specialised kernel anymore anyway.
Surface Go 1-3 for example, everything is in Linux kernel 6.14+. And everything except the cameras is in since 5.17.
Oh yeh. I heard that, just forgot. Thanks for reminding me.
Still good idea to check the feature matrix on their github though, I think depending on the device you could still need surface kernel.