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Whoa, I don't know why I've never considered Linux on a tablet. I have a couple that are gathering dust in a closet, and if this is doable, it sounds like a fun project!
On this Surface Pro, touch, rotation, and even the pen is working! I didn't expect it to just work and it is.
The pen?! Damn, that's impressive.
The one I might use is a an old Galaxy Note. I wonder if I'll have similar luck.
There's a big difference between an Android tablet and a PC tablet...
Am I getting my hopes up for nothing? =(
Probably, android devices and especially Samsung can be locked down. I don't know your model though I feel like there are 4,327 variants of "galaxy note".
Well all the Linux distros you see being discussed in this thread for PCs. There's a much wider array of driver support in the kernel for x86 related hardware. ARM tablets, especially Samsung devices, have speciality hardware. Honestly, you'll be lucky if you can get past any bootloader issues on a Samsung.
It was honestly trivial to wipe Samsung's and install LineageOS on a Galaxy Note 10+ and a Galaxy Tab 7. The bootloader isn't much of an issue.
Now, getting a random Linux system to install, rather than an Android system designed for these, sounds live a huge challenge.
You may not have been carrier or region locked. Most are.