Essentially, that's what this campaign is- they're looking for funding to make a good linux distribution for Allwinner A10 systems. The hardware already exists, and it already runs Linux. For example, their PengStick seems to just be the MK802 II, which you can pick up for $50 to $60. I have one of those running Xubuntu. I'm not sure what the tablets are, but you can find candidates at sellers like http://www.w2comp.com/catalog.asp?catid=75148
Getting linux running on these devices requires a lot of expertise on your own part, or trawling forums for builds other have created. What they're proposing sounds like a real improvement-
"While we have a good, running Linux system now for all the devices, there are still some rough edges. We intend to fix up the tablet related features, host a central repository of A10 specific packages and create images and guides to make these devices even better. All these efforts will take time and we plan to use the proceeds from the crowd funding to fund the remainder of the software work and maintenance."
There are already resellers that provide Linux images and substantial support. See e.g. www.miniand.com
In terms of "central repository of A10 specific images", that might be useful, but there's already a wide range of community sites collating information on Linux on A10, without trying to extract cash for it..
The tablets they show are almost certainly LY-F1 - it's sold under dozens of brand names and in a few different configurations and a few different cases, but the specs match perfectly and at least one of the pics are of the case that's most commonly used with the A10 version of the LY-F1.
But most all of the A10 based boards are practically identical - I'm assuming most are variations over some prototype provided by Allwinner given how similar they are.
I don't really want to say anything bad about Miniand, I'm a fan of their work and like what they have going, however... Our prices actually compare very well with Miniand once you include shipping. Also the images officially provided by miniand haven't been updated in a while, where as we plan to keep things more up to date.
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Essentially, that's what this campaign is- they're looking for funding to make a good linux distribution for Allwinner A10 systems. The hardware already exists, and it already runs Linux. For example, their PengStick seems to just be the MK802 II, which you can pick up for $50 to $60. I have one of those running Xubuntu. I'm not sure what the tablets are, but you can find candidates at sellers like http://www.w2comp.com/catalog.asp?catid=75148
Getting linux running on these devices requires a lot of expertise on your own part, or trawling forums for builds other have created. What they're proposing sounds like a real improvement-
"While we have a good, running Linux system now for all the devices, there are still some rough edges. We intend to fix up the tablet related features, host a central repository of A10 specific packages and create images and guides to make these devices even better. All these efforts will take time and we plan to use the proceeds from the crowd funding to fund the remainder of the software work and maintenance."
There are already resellers that provide Linux images and substantial support. See e.g. www.miniand.com
In terms of "central repository of A10 specific images", that might be useful, but there's already a wide range of community sites collating information on Linux on A10, without trying to extract cash for it..
The tablets they show are almost certainly LY-F1 - it's sold under dozens of brand names and in a few different configurations and a few different cases, but the specs match perfectly and at least one of the pics are of the case that's most commonly used with the A10 version of the LY-F1.
But most all of the A10 based boards are practically identical - I'm assuming most are variations over some prototype provided by Allwinner given how similar they are.
I don't really want to say anything bad about Miniand, I'm a fan of their work and like what they have going, however... Our prices actually compare very well with Miniand once you include shipping. Also the images officially provided by miniand haven't been updated in a while, where as we plan to keep things more up to date.