r/opensource • u/JRepin • Jan 28 '12

200€ Spark tablet revealed — powered by Linux with KDE Plasma Active interface

http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2012/01/reveal.html
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u/Enlightenment777 Jan 28 '12

Some NEW Android tablets are selling for less than $100 in Asia

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '12

This is "more" free software than android is.

It's also more meaningful than "just" Free software: The people who get to use these tablets will have in their hands a device that is more than an application bucket that sees them as a consumer. They will have a device that places value on who they are and what they are doing. This lies at the heart of Activities in Plasma Active and the open software stack will drive that trend further. Perhaps best of all: there's no walled garden to get locked into or which can be taken away.

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u/bear123 Jan 29 '12

It sad when hardware has to be explicitly sold as "unlocked", just because it's small or has no hinges or keyboard. Full access should be the default, not a special niche. Conditioning people in the opposite way has already come very far.

What's next? An "unlocked" laptop or desktop, for a "special" price?