The year of the Linux tablet? [LWN.net]

The year of the Linux tablet?

Posted Aug 24, 2011 14:41 UTC (Wed) by hadess (subscriber, #24252)
In reply to: The year of the Linux tablet? by anselm
Parent article: The year of the Linux tablet?

I was hoping somebody would take up the project working on this for the GNOME Summer of Code. See:
https://live.gnome.org/SummerOfCode2011/Ideas#Desktop

But nobody did. I'd be happy working on an AirTurn Bluetooth driver given the hardware ;)

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The year of the Linux tablet?

Posted Aug 24, 2011 15:35 UTC (Wed) by anselm (subscriber, #2796) [Link] (1 responses)

I'd be happy working on an AirTurn Bluetooth driver given the hardware ;)

That's probably not even necessary other than as a transparent ploy to get the gadget for free considering that, according to their website, from the computer's POV the thing basically amounts to a Bluetooth keyboard with a PgUp and a PgDown key. Looks useful if a bit pricey.

The Pageflip Cicada appears to offer the same functionality but somewhat cheaper, and even mentions Linux as a supported operating system (not that this is a big thing once you have the Bluetooth HID interface down).

Disclaimer: I haven't been in the same room with either of the devices, let alone used one to turn sheet music pages.

The year of the Linux tablet?

Posted Aug 24, 2011 17:12 UTC (Wed) by hadess (subscriber, #24252) [Link]

Glad to know. I sure like to have free hardware, but I don't need any more "I won't actually use it" hardware. I have drawers cramful of those.