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On 07/09/2019 19:18, Theo wrote:
Adrian Caspersz wrote:
Perhaps a fun thing would be to put an x86 build of Android on it


Not really - potential driver hassles (is there graphics acceleration that
Android needs?) and it has no touch screen, which would make it a pain. And
apps which are built for ARM only might not work.

So think of it as a raspberry-pi with an attached screen, and chase one
of those projects for interest sake...


That's probably good advice. It's only 32 bit which would make running
mainstream distros increasingly annoying in future. But it's fine as an
embedded-thing-with-screen.

Theo

I'd stick the latest 32 bit linux on it, keep it up to date until 32 bit
support runs out, and then runs it till it dies.

Especially if its good enough to watch films on


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