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The Gemini pocket PC is shipping and we've got one. This is what it's like

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hopefully a replacement for those cheap windows 2-in-1s

I think this could be useful for sysadmins in that you could access something when you are dealing with something away from the main control center. I'm not a sysadmin, but sometimes I have to do some of the same things. I got one of those cheap windows 10 2-in-1 tablet things that are all powered by the same intel atom chip. It works OK, especially after I managed to have it boot Linux off a micro SD card, but it can still be rather annoying. It's small, but its 9 inch screen makes it impossible to put in any pocket. If they can get this one running Linux, too, that would make it really worthwhile. Perhaps they could get it so that it can run Linux on some of the cores (maybe a quad-core component) and have android take the rest? Then you could be productive in Linux without killing your phone capability, assuming that requires android to run. I'd like to leave android behind, but I just can't see that being possible with the way these devices are typically designed.

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