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Install Linux on your x86 tablet: five distros to choose from

We’re now almost midway through 2013 and the tablet is still growing, in numbers and in strength, and regardless of whether it’s an Android or Apple device. So, as the old saying goes, if you can’t beat them, join them.

We had a clever idea (which just proves that it does happen now and then): why not get hold of an x86 tablet, and install Linux on it? After all, if it’s x86-based then we can install pretty much anything on it, right? So, here’s our roundup of tablet-ready distros.

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