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I have a use for this for sure. I got two 400 models for my 3 and 4 yo and installed all the Linux educational software. Recently I started working on my own educational games for them in C and having something like this I can carry around the house to code on vim while I watch them would be super handy.

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A surface tablet with a linux image is underrated IMO. They are good and capable hardware and can be had for cheap. I don’t understand why PI is used for a tablet when its purpose is a standalone device with IO capabilities or for experimenting. I went on this path and bought a few linux first devices and while fun they did not perform even close to an consumer device which with the right image (linux) it could become a very good daily driver.

I'm intrigued, which model Surface with which Linux distro would you recommend in the "impulse buy" territory?

https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Supporte... has a matrix of Surface devices and how well they work with Linux.

I'm writing educational games for the PI, so it makes sense for me to get a device with the same hardware to work on. Also I can test builds without taking over one of my kid's devices

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