Thread: What's the best Handheld gnu/linux machine for 2016?
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2016-07-11 , 12:26
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Originally Posted by HtheB View Post
So, the GPD Win team has upgraded their CPU to Intel Z8700 (or even Z8750 if they can find a supplier)
Call me biased, but to me it sounds like yet another excuse they will use when they fail to ship the device.

Originally Posted by marmistrz View Post
Well, it uses Cherry Trail, so I'm really skeptical on driver support. We have one Bay Trail device, will never buy anything Bay Trail.

Released in 2014, in June 2016 it starts to barely work. Still some drivers missing.
Even if so far I've had little success with my Atom phone that actually runs Android (oh, the irony), I am still not used to the idea of a device capable of running x86 windows being "barely able to run GNU/Linux".

What drivers are missing?
 

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