New Braxtech Tablet (or Laptop) with UT on mainline linux kernel
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@kugiigi somebody should pick up the pine64 devices up again the whole port family for the rockchip is in disrepair.
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@kugiigi said in New Braxtech Tablet (or Laptop) with UT on mainline linux kernel:
To be honest, I think we shouldn't be hoping for this to be coming anytime soon. There are only renders and the SOC is very new. I highly doubt it'll actually be shipping this year. And let's not even talk about a UT port yet
I didn't mention the projected availability date, but it does exist: "Estimated delivery date is August '26." (for Android version probably)
For the brax3, 8 months passed between the start of the funding campaign and the first deliveries under iodéOS. The first version of UT was released 4 months later, and the first “stable” version, which can be installed via ubports-installer, is not yet available yet after 14 months months since the start.
So I'm going to go out on a limb and hazard a guess: the first "stable" version of the open slate tablet running UT could be available between August 2026 and December 2027.
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Interesting answers here are from Plamen, from Braxtech:
Q: Will there be an easily buildable close-to-mainline Linux kernel?
Will changes be upstreamed to the mainline linux kernel?A: Yes, to both. We’re getting that promise from MediaTek and the integrator they hired for the linux part.
Q: Will fingerprint support work on linux? How will the camera look? Should we expect the camera to be green and blurry at the start?
A: The mandate is to get everything working, as it will on Android. We will communicate a linux roadmap in due course. One of the main reasons for selecting the g720 by MediaTek (and not a way cheaper alternative such as Rockchip 3588) was the strategic importance for MediaTek to run linux on it - this is their latest high end IoT chip. Most of their customers for the chip will run Linux.
Obviously, the camera won’t beat iPad, but it will not be crap. -
The fundraising campaign will begin tomorrow. Only the first arrivals will be served at the best rates:
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/braxtechnologies/open_slate -
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Less than 9 hours left in this first phase of the fundraising campaign:
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/braxtechnologies/open_slateAnd the last news about project advancement:
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/braxtechnologies/open_slate/updates
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open_slate April update (published yesterday), an excerpt from the message:
"Good news:
Ubuntu Touch (tablet-optimized) will be ported and supported on open_slate in collaboration with UBports"The full message:
https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/braxtechnologies/open_slate/updates/4 -
@libremax
Good news!
They still need to finalise the one for the Brax3, which doesn't seem to be progressing much. -
@Vlad-Nirky last statement about Brax3 and UT from Plamen (April 7) : "Ubuntu Touch is with the status of a community port at the moment. It’s entirely up to the community to progress on fixing issues. We don’t have the resource to maintain Ubuntu in house at the moment. We are offering support to the maintainers but we’re still in the progress to put together some infrastructure before we can empower a meaningful progress."
But it's better to discuss about Brax3 here: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10607/brax3-the-mysterious -
One of the most interesting parts of this for me is the focus on mainline kernel support. A lot of alternative mobile/Linux devices struggle long-term because of outdated vendor kernels and limited maintenance. If the hardware can stay close to upstream Linux, that could make the device much more sustainable over time for the UBports community.
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