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Something ive been wanting for a while is a highly portable linux device like a phone or small tablet but obviously running fully flegde linux.

I need a device that is x86, 5g/4g networking water resistant if possible, sliding kB would be great but thats a bye gone era.

I don't want to use android based systems as when they have linux support it is via a spersific distribution made for that device. Virtualization is also not for me.

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[–] lauha@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This sounds almoat good to be true. What's the catch?

Edit. The processor is quite slow, which is fine for my use cases, but you are not going to game with that thing.

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That probably says more about the state of x86 processors than anything else.