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Linux for an x86 Tablet

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Running Linux on an x86 tablet — specifically a Microsoft Surface — with a good onscreen keyboard (OSK) experience. This video shows how I researched and experimented with many distros to get to a functional and (nearly) final installation.

The website for the excellent Onboard onscreen keyboard is here:

Websites for the Linux distros included in the video are as follows:

Plasma Mobile:

JingOS:

Ubuntu Touch:

PostMarketOS:

Ubuntu:

Manjaro:

Linux Mint:

You can learn more about Linux Mint and Ubuntu, including how to obtain and install them, in my review videos here:

Linux Mint 20: My Top Linux Distro:

Ubuntu 22.04: An Excellent Linux Distro:

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