I did a similar thing and did put them with Kinoite. My dad has had only a handful of concerns, most of which are related to the transition and learning. His system has worked great with no real issues. I think once an update failed but after a reboot it proceeded just fine.

Plasma is so modern, Fedora is so smooth, atomic is great for this purpose, fingerprint scanner works, touchscreen works, the boot splash screen looks pretty, the list goes on

I just needed a tablet for work so I got a Pixel Tab and put GrapheneOS on it. I installed the app (assuming that’s what normal people/workers do) and then they told me they use the web interface as it works better.

Keep swapping the OS (or have different memory cards) and play around with whatever software you come across that peaks your interest.

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next from the Braille Institute

https://www.bee-link.com/products/beelink-me-mini-n150

I have no experience with this. Just sharing so you have more ideas to think about

He was able to install Linux and Windows but couldn’t figure out how to pair a Bluetooth device…

Be aware that Mint disables you from finding non-verified flatpak applications by default. You can enable it in the GUI somewhere

LibreElec (Kodi pirating box)

How did you get Peacock to work? I’ve never had it work on Linux in the browser and read online that it’s because of Linux specifically.

I got sick of my devices spying on me

Use Ethernet on the Mint install to get internet and update the kernel to the latest 6.14. Maybe it’ll then be supported

This is really awesome! I’m 100% going to build a little system for this.

Maybe the Volla tablet

Have you considered changing distros?

Yeah. I also have GrapheneOS on my work tablet

It appears to be a way of running containers in the terminal with the specific intent to have a certain distro image installed, run a program, and give it permission to interact with your system’s home directory with an easy to launch icon. It looks pretty darn handy, I’m going to give it a try this weekend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiDt4O6UPRw

I’ve heard the name but don’t know what it is. Some program to run other distros packages?

I think Fedora KDE is very refined but I stick to Ubuntu bases as there are some little known programs that I use that only have .deb packages unfortunately

That was certainly a good deal you found yourself. I personally don’t like paying off a phone from a cell provider

I just ordered an 8a because of how affordable it is used on eBay (~$250USD) and specifically for long support time it still has. Probably the best bang for your buck version