Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its way | Linux Today

Spark: The first free-software, Linux tablet is on its way

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SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Feb 2, 2012

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Thanks to Android, Linux is well represented on
tablets, but there hasn’t been a free software tablet, without any
proprietary bits, until now. The Spark, which will be based on
MeeGo and use KDE Plasma for its interface, will be the first free
software tablet.


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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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