Budget tablet recommendations to throw Linux onto?

[u/justquestionsbud]

Need a tablet for work. Maybe a little web browsing will be done, but almost 100% for opening/signing PDFs & such, viewing some MP4s & similar. Apparently Fedora is one of the better distros for this, but probably almost anyone on this subreddit knows better than me on that front.

[u/MidnightObjectiveA51]

Pinetab (and Pinephone) has halted production. So, you better hurry if you want one.

Otherwise, of the devices available used or new: the Minisforum, Juno Tab, Starlabs Starlite, Chuwi Hi10 X Go and Max, HP Elite X2 G4 and G8, Thinkpad X1 and X12, and Dell 7210 completely work with Linux.

The Google-Gru and Google-Kukui Chrome tablets mostly work with PostmarketOS, particularly the Acer Chrometab 10. Stick with OS V25.12 for now as v26.06 is broken.

[u/justquestionsbud → u/MidnightObjectiveA51]

Pinetab (and Pinephone) has halted production.

Sad to hear, was it just lack of demand or what?

[u/MidnightObjectiveA51 → u/justquestionsbud]

RAM prices and the AI craze. It's killed most of the independent manufacturers and SBC market

[u/justquestionsbud → u/MidnightObjectiveA51]

Goddammit, I had no idea one of the coolest parts of tech was dead. There any hope it rises from the ashes?

[u/MidnightObjectiveA51 → u/justquestionsbud]

Sadly it appears no. Same fate as the CutiePi.

[u/HuttonWilliam]

x86-based Windows tablets, used Chromebooks, or dedicated Linux-first hardware like the PineTab2.

[u/cumcotdigdagdug]

xiaomi pad 6, with fedora installed

[u/MidnightObjectiveA51]

Forgot to mention, the Surface Go and Go2, as well as other MS Surface, are fully supported with Linux.

[u/Either-Goat2382]

PineTab is going to be the easiest entry.

[u/justquestionsbud → u/Either-Goat2382]

"Budget"