Tablets so far do not come with Ubuntu natively installed on them. However, there are many out there that have workarounds. For instance, my tablet is the discontinued HP Touchpad.
One quick Google search will turn up a lot of different mixed results when using Linux on a tablet. In some cases, it installs fine but there are no drivers for your hardware. In other cases, you can get the hardware to work, but it will take a lot of effort on your part. Touch apps limited.
Another frequent question is “Is it possible to run Ubuntu on an HP tablet?”.
Though there are some glitches when you go this route since the tablet was never designed to run a full featured Operating System (for instance, Ubuntu on the HP Touchpad has wireless driver issues if you are connecting to a secured wireless router. Open networks are fine, just not secured).
How do I install Ubuntu on my tablet?
However, there’s no touchscreen support, so you’ll need to connect the tablet to a detachable keyboard and touchpad. Download Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS from Ian Morrison’s website by clicking the ‘Google Drive’ link and select the blue ‘Download’ link to save Ubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-linuxium. Iso file to your Downloads folder.
I am now using Ubuntu 12.04 on my Samsung Slate 7 tablet. This is quite expensive, but it’s because it’s a notebook. I5 quad core, 4GB ram etc. The result is super-nice. Luckily, I had chances to install Linux on quite many tablets since 2003. Until now, Slate7 + Ubuntu 12.04 is the best.
Can you install ubuntu on a kindle?
It runs Linux, too: Ubuntu installed on Amazon Kindle If something has a processor and some sort of storage or networking component, odds are it can run Linux. According to a story on Boing Boing Gadgets, that even applies to Amazon’s Kindle.
Here is good news if you’re an Ubuntu user (a variant of Linux). You can enjoy reading your Amazon Kindle ebooks through your Ubuntu computer by following the steps below. (These steps are not tested on other Linux computers.) Installing Kindle For PC . (Refer to the tutorial How to Install Wine on Ubuntu 18.04.) 2.
Then download Kindle version 1.17.44183 from the following site and save to your desktop: (It must be this version) Right click the Kindle downloaded on your desktop and select install with wine.
How to connect Kindle Fire to Ubuntu?
This application will help you in connecting the Kindle (or any other media device) with its easy-to-use graphical interface. To install g. MTP in Ubuntu, use the following command: Now we are all set up here. Connect the Kindle Fire to your computer with a USB. Now open g. MTP by searching it in Unity dash:.