X80 Pro (z8350) for $79.99 USD at GearBest

[Brad]

Has anyone gotten Linux running on this?

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[Rob]

This was a thread about a sale price.  When I get the tablet, I have no plans to install Linux.  Maybe you can start a new thread and explain why someone would want to do that. Hopefully you can have a sense of humor about it, but isn’t Linux the operating system of the future…and always will be!  hahaha.

[Brad]

Linux is the most used OS in the world and always will be.  haha.  Even Android runs the Linux kernel inside.
Why someone would want to do this (on this tablet) is because the system ends up running MUCH faster than Windows and with less memory consumption.
It’s a way to upgrade your system without spending more money on better hardware.  The problem with Linux on this tablet is that so far Cherry-Trail Atom’s are not well supported in Linux and some of the drivers depending on which ones are inside the tablet … like… audio, wifi, touchscreen, etc.

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[Rob]

Interesting but as you pointed out Android uses it so you are already there, right?  You could just delete the windows partition and give the space to Android. There seem to be a few threads on how to to do that.

I’ll probably look at at rooting if I can be confident that I can recover the tablet as stock.

Maybe if you can find a Cherry Trail unit of some kind you can try out whatever drivers you need to get it going. It’s not a project that interests me, but it would be nice to see you have some success with it, if you decide to spend the time on it.

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