Cheap UMPC?
Are there any super compact desktop style computers, cheaper than the GPD pocket? $300 is pretty steep. I don't need it to game.
I tried installing Linux on my Android phone, but userLAnd doesn't run a X server, so it's basically useless and can't run anything.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 5:14:19 AM
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id rather squeeze a rooted phone
>>105686280 (OP)
If you are okay with ARM then the fxtec pro 1x with x11 on pmos or droidian with your favorite desktop x11 userland. If you want a traditional phone UI sailfish with containers for mainline
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:09:10 AM
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>>105686963
instead of doing gay shit just get a Asus Zenbook 13" flipbook and be happy
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 7:15:25 AM
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>>105686336
>droidian
Hmm it runs on a Pixel 3a. I might try that.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 8:27:33 AM
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Maybe Uconsole, or one of those mini blackberry pi handhelds.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 10:57:21 AM
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>>105686280 (OP)
You can find the Japanese Nanote Next for around $200, but it's a useless piece of shit.
Also, Linux will never work well on mobile/touch devices.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 2:12:24 PM
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>>105686963
Get a pajeetdroid phone then and accept your fate
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 2:14:26 PM
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for anyone who wants to go slightly bigger, i.e. about 10", there's chuwi minibook x, about 300$ as well. It's not pocketable, but it's just at the cutoff of the keyboard being actually usable. Runs linux well, though on less popular distros you need to do some fiddling.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 2:16:45 PM
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I'm wiling to spend a good amount on a UMPC but not if I get Trump'd on top of it.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 2:39:09 PM
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You can get decade old stock windows tablets for 80-100USD.
Anonymous
6/24/2025, 6:28:08 PM
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What you are looking for doesn't exist. The cost of manufacturing something with any remotely decent silicon, for a niche device that doesn't have the benefit of economies of scale, is significantly higher than it used to be.
There's a reason all of the AliExpress "UMPC" devices being posted are over $1000. "$300 is pretty steep" is a ridiculous statement for a niche device like this given the modern landscape of manufacturing costs.
$300 is CHEAP. It is literally DIRT CHEAP. You will not find any modern, currently manufactured device for cheaper because it does not exist, and it cannot exist.
