Just had a quick squiz, and while the transformer prime seems like it sports an unlocked bootloader, the only way I found to get Ubuntu running was through a chroot. I really don't recommend using this method for a dev device. I think we need something natively installed, without android, or we're going to be stuck within the limitations of a vnc viewing program.
Mitchell Curious Legends <mitch...@curiouslegends.com.au> wrote: >I have hesitations about using the asus transformer prime as our development >device. The main one is that it uses the kal-el tegra 3 chipset. While it's >quad-core clocked at 1ghz, the gpu uses proprietary drivers from Nvidia. While >I don't mind using proprietary drivers for gpu acceleration, (after all, texas >instruments omap4 platform uses proprietary drivers) the linux support, other >than android, with the tegra chipsets is abominable. While they have had some >offerings consistently, they have usually been built for a kernel, and >version, several steps behind the Ubuntu project. > >To my knowledge, the asus transformer STILL doesn't have hardware >acceleration, let alone the transformer prime. Also, I would check 2 other >things with the prime: > >1. Has Ubuntu been ported to it yet? >2. Has asus unlocked the bootloader? > >I think our best bet is to use an omap4 device, which Ubuntu has at least >nominally started supporting with images for the pandaboard dev kit. Hardware >acceleration also works. Looking ahead late this year, TI has also started >working on omap5 chipsets... these are quadcore clocked at 1.6ghz, with up to >8gb of ram. > >Another option to look at for now, instead of the asus transformers, are the >archos gen9 tablets. They are based on omap4, and there have been plans to >release versions with thin 250 gb hard drives early this year. Also, archos >has made a point in the past of providing easily installable amstrong linux >images for their android tablets... meaning we should be able to use this to >hack the bootloader, and put a Ubuntu arm image on instead. Also, if there was >a device with a separate hard drive, we should be able to remove it and >repartition it easily without special software, etc. > >Keen to hear everyone's thoughts, but I would strongly caution AGAINST using a >tegra device like the transformer for a dev device. > >Mitchell > >Nicholas Shatokhin <n.shatok...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Very good choice :) Please, don't forget that in summer will be modified >>Prime with bigger screen resolution (but I don't think that it's problem >>:) ) >> >>But the problem of new tablet OS in small count of applications. So, I >>hope Canonical will add us possibility to deploy ARM tablet apps into >>Ubuntu Application Center as soon as possible. And recommendations of UI >>design (likes Apples with iPad. Don't repeat the fate of Android Market). >> >>I think the Qt and QML is a good framework for apps' developing (tablets >>have not very big memory and not so fast processors, so we need use more >>productive technologies than Python or Java). >> >>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:45:39 +0200 було написано Randall Ross >><rand...@executiv.es>: >> >>> Thanks all for the suggestions/links. >>> >>> After reading all the material and surveying the tablet space, I think >>> the most promising tablet device for our 'prototype' is this one: >>> http://eee.asus.com/en/eeepad/transformer-prime/specification/ >>> >>> Why? >>> - It's light >>> - It's new >>> - It unifies tablets and netbooks, something that everyone else misses >>> >>> Is anyone working to get this "Ubuntu-Friendly"? Is this a target device >>> for Canonical's OEM team? If not, it needs to be, quickly ;) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Randall >>> >>> >> >> >>-- >>За використання революційного клієнта електронної пошти Opera: >>http://www.opera.com/mail/ >> >>-- >>Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet >>Post to : ubuntu-tablet@lists.launchpad.net >>Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet >>More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >-- >Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet >Post to : ubuntu-tablet@lists.launchpad.net >Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet >More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet Post to : ubuntu-tablet@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tablet More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
