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I am very intrigued by this tablet, did you ever try to dual boot Android X86 along side linux? 3years ago I could play wonderfully some nice games with HW support and take advantage of the Android ecosystem. Can you update us with a review if you can?

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I have not, partly because the most recent build I've found is still Android 9.0, which uses kernel 4.x, while the Radeon 780M in Minisforum V3 requires at least kernel 6.4.

I have tried Waydroid, but the lack of full USB passthrough means I cannot login to my Google Account (due to Advanced Protection; and U2F doesn't work over HID forwarding) so I didn't test it further.

> I have not, partly because the most recent build I've found is still Android 9.0, which uses kernel 4.x, while the Radeon 780M in Minisforum V3 requires at least kernel 6.4.

Ah it's a shame the Android-X86 project seems to have entered the abandon-ware territory. But you can look into another OSS project, BlissOS (their latest release bases on A13, still kernel 6.1.x), should be fine but not everything would work seemlessly I assume.

Looks like there’s a new build with the 6.6 kernel. I’ll try this over the weekend and report back!

Edit: I just did a quick test, it seems to work pretty well. The volume control works, the camera works. So far, what doesn't seem to work is the fingerprint sensor and automatic orientation. The pen also seems to work.

I really appreciate the update! This is great and promising news. Will keep it on my radar :)

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