FydeTab Duo Hands-On, An All-New Open-Source Arm-Based Hackable Linux Tablet!

[@LelandHasGames]

Now THIS is what I've been wanting for awhile now. A tablet with the ability to run different OS's and it performs really well. Light gaming and powerful media ability. A stylus for artists. It's hitting an untapped market. That being said, a 600 dollar price tag is really damn steep.

[@slay3rgamingyt]

600 isn't much considering it's a brand new company.

[@nashvaughan3175]

I thought it seemed like a pretty good bargain for what you are getting.

[@LelandHasGames]

@@nashvaughan3175 that is definitely not a bargain. It's a couple hundred bucks too much.

[@nashvaughan3175]

@@LelandHasGames Agree to disagree I guess. They built this from the ground up with what looks like really good hardware (and including the peripherals, which you pay extra for with the big competitors... my tab s8 didn't even come with a charger). I think all things considered, this is a reasonable price for a somewhat niche product; as long as the software support is there.

[@skyak4493]

This looks like a major milestone in open source development! This looks fully viable for common functions and reasonably competitive! If regulators would just spend 1/10% of what they give lawyers suing one another over tech monopolies to this great open source project, the walls to the "walled gardens" could easily be toppled in the most beneficial way! I would love to see more on this product -battery life? other OS? FydeOS on other (old legacy) machines.

[@CheeseOfMasters]

This and the Tuxedo Book means Linux if finally available for the people who want great, all in one solutions. What a time to be alive.

[@skyak4493]

@@CheeseOfMasters I will check out the TB. It is an incredible time of threats and opportunities from tech. Open source is our only hope to escape scams and gaslighting.

[@michelvanbriemen3459]

I get the impression those lawyers are paid to keep the garden walled up.

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

@@michelvanbriemen3459 unfortunate, but very likely so.

[@MuhammadUmar-ec9fk]

The only question i have is that will it be able to run some old windows like xp and 7 that would be interesting tho

[@raidev_]

I'm really interested to see how the drawing experience is on this thing with the included pen as an artist, then i might consider it

[@sloppynyuszi]

I wish they told us what it is. It can only be USI, MPP, Wacom AES or Wacom EMR. To be fair only Wacom EMR would be a serious option, unless wobbly lines aren’t an issue. To be fair USI isn’t that bad. Wacom AES and and MPP are awful for drawing. Unless you using MPP 2 that is used in the slim pen 2, but no one implemented that yet.

[@StrafeMoney]

Agreed i wanna see how it compares to an iPad

[@Froopiland]

In the indigogo i read that this Pen use wacom technology

[@chidorirasenganz]

Ehh if you want a tablet for drawing Id say get an iPad or Surface in that order

[@raidev_]

@@chidorirasenganz im a Linux person though, that's why ive been looking for a device like this. I don't use any apple stuff, and ive been trying to use windows as little as possible

[@lucasek3285]

Would be interesting to see stylus performance on drawing apps like Krita under linux. I could see it competing in the art tablet department if the experience is good.

[@TheRealAlpha2]

I was thinking the same. There aren't enough reasonably priced art tablet devices. Wacom is out of their minds with their prices.

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

@@TheRealAlpha2 fully agree. I have been waiting for a reasonably priced tablet that I could get into decent drawing specs with.

[@SergeiSugaroverdoseShuykov]

@@TheRealAlpha2 huawei matepads + their $100 stylus isn't an option?

[@ng4thraider]

Lenovo Yoga 260...about 100us to 150us on ebay. Krita on Linux mint works great.

[@MRDaved]

I've watched another video and apparently it's horrendously terrible to the point where it's unusable. I'm not sure if performance will change through software but the Linux subsystem is very very very slow. Perhaps the android app krita would be a better fit.

[@kattz753]

They're really pumping out those RK3588/3588S chips. I honestly haven't been this interested in a new chipset in...decades. I have an Orange Pi 5 on pre-order and I'm checking Ali Express every day to see if it has shipped yet. I'd like to see everything that this tablet can do. And, if you have pre-ordered the Orange Pi, I'd love to see at least an unboxing and boot into the Orange Pi OS as soon as possible. They have shipped to some KZbinrs already.

[@123Suryasis]

Great hands-on video and really liked the device. Good to see that these less known manufacturers are putting great effort to design a high-end device, including the SOC, build quality, display and ports. Would definitely like to see a dedicated video for setting up the LINUX and Android apps on this device. Also, if you cover at least some degree about using this device as a work device including using apps like LibreOffice for word and excel usage, some basic editing work and battery life, that would be great. A lot of people actually looking for these kind of devices for portability and battery life and the ability to run both mobile optimized and full blown desktop apps.

[@me_fault]

+1 running Linux on this device would be my reason to purchase it

[@povilasstaniulis9484]

Great tablet with decent software support. Usable for both tinkering and as a workhorse. Probably won't come cheap though. Wish a bigger brand made something like this. I wonder how did they get the Android subsystem working on Chromium OS without Google's approval.

[@allthings3d]

Thanks again for the timely "1st Looks." At $595 it seems to be great tablet with excellent specifications, especially since it includes the keyboard and pen. I would really love to see some port over Microsoft's ARM WIndows 11 to it, but frankly I can do about everything I need now in Android or Linux. I don't keep up with all your videos, but have you seen anyone else using the RK3588 in 10" or 7" tablet. I love to see a 7" $250-400 gaming console using this chip.

[@jierenzheng7670]

This is like so cool. Now only if we can get a Pinebook Pro or something with an RK3588S or even just an adaptable mainboard to fit in modular laptop bodies like Framework.

[@goruyorsunuzz]

there should be a version with qualcomm snapdragon CPU.

[@stephenanthony5923]

I'm all for pushing ARM and Linux adoption forward. And from the $600 price point, clearly this is a purchase for enthusiasts. Because as a consumer, why in the world would I buy an ARM based tablet for $600 when I could get more power and more installable Linux distros (including dual booting) from an older x86 Microsoft Surface or Samsung for almost same price?

[@johnnydoe1237]

Do you know how to dual boot Linux on a Samsung tablet? I thought it was pretty unoptimized and difficult especially without the unlocked bootloader like the fyde tablet

[@sergimarincanto9539]

Great video! Lovely piece of hardware and software right here! It would be awesome to see Blender running on Linux there (with a benchmark scene would be great), maybe even something like Godot and test if low level 3D graphics gamedev could be possible. Looking forward to see the next video! :)

[@nir8924]

If it could only also work as an external monitor I'd buy one right now. My only issue with tablets is that when they are too slow they become useless.

[@bamcorpgaming5954]

Can you start including some x86 emulation on these arm reviews? You can run proton on them.

[@michaelcloutier2225]

You left out if it had a SD card slot and how much storage it has(FYI 128GB). You also missed the finger print sensor on the power button.

[@bjorn-falkoandreas9472]

That's an ARM-based Linux variant of a Surface GO and I am intrigued. Remember the ASUS Transformer series?

[@povilasstaniulis9484]

My very first ARM Linux experience was on an TF300T. Great machine for it's time and one of the few ARM systems which actually had functional GPU drivers on desktop Linux. I hacked the hell out of that system, got several 3D games and even a couple Windows RT programs running. Those were fun times. And this was before the Raspberry Pi...

[@davidc4279]

If they made tablets like these where you can put different os, and they also doubled as portable monitor. It would be a no brainer purchase

[@robertdragoff6909]

I like what I see Looks like it’s close to hitting the shelves so I’ll wait to see what it’s going to retail for. Judging from the Indiegogo pricing, it’s not going to be cheap, but maybe less expensive than better known brand names.

[@bobbyhinner3225]

I just bought a galaxy tab so I don't need a tablet, but I'd be interested to see how this OS runs on older laptops compared to other linux distros

[@McLoovviinn]

this is a tablet in the middle of a the path to became a laptop, love it, I saw the terminal on the video, wondering if is good for coding, look like really portable

[@filipjovanovic8138]

So two things I'm curious about: - How well will the Nreal Air glasses work with Fyde OS? - How well does Moonlight run on it? Either the Android or Linux client. Though even if those two don't work well, I might replace my Galaxy Tab S6 with this for the Firefox linux build, because the Firefox Android app suuuuuccckkss on tablets. Having an actual desktop browser on my tablet would be sweet

[@prismflux5129]

The Android version of moonlight should work fine.

[@Nitzzer]

Would love to see ‘Wine’ running on this to emulate some windows applications or some old games.

[@IRWPD]

That is super cool. Looking forward to seeing more on this.

[@wanderer5966]

Would love to see the battery life under Linux. Both during normal usage and under sleep.

[@Tegarcs142]

I really love using FydeOS because running android and linux is awesome

[@MyurrDurr]

This tablet with Gnome desktop would be so slick

[@RyanAumiller]

2560x1600 is WQXGA... not QHD, not 2K. but nobody's been able to label resolutions correctly since the gaming monitor industry bastardized DCI's formatting nomenclature.

[@JoseRozua]

Could you please try Blender on your next Linux performance review? Thanks in advance. Great content by the way!

[@lrc3847]

That Rockchip is about to mark the new standard of the market

[@henlego]

Any idea if you can dual boot? I'd imagine yes by using grub with the Linux install

[@ETAPRIME]

It is planned for the official release

[@toddgreener]

Looking forward to the Linux video!

[@alnaif3241]

I searched for the video but didn't find.… Is there any video focusing on Linux distro on this tablet?

[@chromerims]

Eta Prime is the best T.E.C.H. creator on any socials ❤ The dude covers, let's see . . . fpgas, dex, linux, mini pcs, laptops, tablets, smartphones, emu, sbc's, handhelds, palmtops, controllers, Prime Days, monitors, consoles, ducking stations, magnanimous how-tos, peltier coolers, etc. One video per day, and sometimes two --- a content-making machine weekends included. Importantly, family friendly, no swearing, no cursing, no needless entendre. Eta Prime deserves 10m+ subs. Kindest regards, neighbours and friends. P.s. I am liking all things Arm, including this tablet. Might it be pronounced " FIGH DEE "? I think so.

[@TheDeelunatic]

About time this sort of thing came about. Also, I had no idea that was how they were pronouncing Fyde.

[@FAT8893]

I didn't know you got your hands on this tablet. I do want to see Linux on tablet keeps growing.

[@ericneo2]

I think everyone wants to know how Windows 11 for ARM runs on this. There is a huge market for devices like this that run Windows 11/Office 365 that aren't at the surface pro business premium cost level.

[@DisposalFur]

I'd love to see Fortnite Android and Krita Linux running on here! And thanks for the video, this device looks absolutely perfect for me. I love how you look at these things from a usability standpoint over features and see if it's actually a device worth it's price or even just makes sense. You're awesome man and I really appreciate you doing this!

[@nashvaughan3175]

Would love to see as many videos as you can make on this device and all its functions.

[@TheDbaru]

Would be cool to see how Blender runs on this thing under linux

[@ufoformdad5845]

I want this, I have been waiting for the manufacturer to release something like this since the android tablet was first released.

[@NateBuildingBricks]

I'm still anxiously awaiting the OXP 2 video.

[@Crushonius]

this would be cool if it didnt cost 600 bucks YIKES for that kinda money i would go x86 or like a refurbed s7 it would totally destroy this in terms of performance this should be priced around 350 at the most 399 but i feel thats already pushing it tbh

[@josemiguels9320]

Hi ETA, did you test nefflix from chrome at UHD? for me it only works at SD with widevine enabled

[@jonathanellis6097]

That looks really nice. If I was in the market for a tablet this would be on my short list, unfortunately we just bought a tablet 2 months ago.

[@zil6470]

Thank you for your work and this video ! Keep Up The Good Work!

[@Kirby5588]

Last year you ran this OS on a raspberry pi. It seems it's gotten even more polished but the name is still confusing. Is it pronounced Fide OS or Fayde OS? I've been running brunch instead because Google play but this OS looks pretty good.

[@Will-sc3hw]

Definitely pronounced Fide, fade sounds a bit daft

[@ShiggitayMediaProductions]

THANK YOU! I'm glad I'm not the only one to to hear it said wrong/weird.

[@simonworthington7979]

Great project. I love Fyde OS.

[@perpetualcollapse]

Wonder if it’s Linux-libre compatible

[@skideric]

Been following & using FydeOS for a while now...

[@soulife8383]

Using up the last of the Wifi 6 + BT 4.2 chips, I forgot that combo was even available. BT 4.2 is usually paired with Wifi 5

[@srvuk]

Looks nice but at a silly price, which may be it's undoing. When you look at how cheap an RK3588S based product can be produced, it hammers home how expensive the other elements really are. It should be noted that the chances of hardware accelerated video drivers on any Linux Distro will be almost certainly zero. Odd pronunciation of the OS considering that it has a definitive Y in it. At 5 nits, the screen is undoubtedly very nice indeed.

[@DebilDevil87]

Can you use it as a mobile monitor? I would like to plug my Steam Deck in and use it as a monitor.

[@themojoman]

Could you please test if it can it run Blender? (I fear that the linux GPU drivers do not support OpenGL 3 so that it won't start; please run Blender from terminal and watch output in terminal. Thank you!)

[@evan3715]

So let me get this right, it's a tablet but with display in so I can use it as a portable display for my steam deck?

[@gotmog13]

Full Linux, external display, dock, keyboard, mouse.

[@alnaif3241]

Would you please deep drive with any Linux distro like fedora or other, and show how is the performance?

[@alnaif3241]

As you've said in this video you will come up with a dedicated video about Linux on this tab, I didn't find any on your channel

[@jameslibby5215]

I'd love to see Pop_OS ARM on this if its possible

[@gospodnchovek]

FydeOS tutorial please 😁

[@phillipbrwn7083]

Looks great but cost 600 bucks too much for me man I only got 200 or maybe I don't know three hundred

[@andresvaldevit3692]

This is impressive! Actually kind of stupid anyone hasn’t done earlier

[@breakinggames6356]

Believe it or not this is not their first hardware they had a laptop on a very old version of their site called the HINDY68 if I remember correctly

[@ProjectileGrommet]

I would buy the heck out of it if it wasn’t still in pre-order

[@GustavoMsTrashCan]

It's powered by the same chip on the Orange pi 5, eh? Holy dooze, thats nice.

[@ngcheewei21]

Let's try out OpenLara, box86 red alert 2 things like that on Linux side, that's gonna be cool

[@JoeyBaby47]

I'm interested in seeing this run Linux.

[@anon_y_mousse]

This looks like a good first step, but what we really need is a good keyboard. Out of curiosity, why are you pronouncing Fyde like fade?

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

I didn’t see the specs for storage space on this, unless I missed it. And also, does it have an SD or Micro SD storage card expansion?

[@MrRobot-lm2lo]

Pro Model need like IPad 4 speakers and lidar for 3D scann, micro SD, folio like paper for drawing and eBook modus

[@thegenxgamerguy6562]

If it had 16 or 32 GB of RAM I would buy it in an instant. Can't take a device with only 8 GB seriously, though. Also need to see if JetBrains Rider is available for ARM64 now.

[@coda821]

I'd love to see how Peppermint OS runs on this. I know it's not ARM based tho. DietPi or Antix could be interesting too.

[@portermiked]

that looks identical to an HP Chromebook X2 11

[@FragEightyfive]

What is the full video? I might have missed it but didn't see another FydeTabvideo

[@MihaiTrica]

I would like to see how video editing performs under Linux, for instance OpenShot or ShotCut.

[@jozeiphalbus3idi529]

please test cloud gaming like parsec ,moonlight ,luna , geforce now and shadow pc

[@eissathegamer9466]

I like Intel for computers and Amlogic for Android TV boxes and Android TV sticks.

[@christopher480]

s the sim tray for decoration only.....i ask cuz you didnt mention it .....at all...knowing how much extra storage we can add or whether it supports lte and if so which bands?.....are very important things you should not leave out.

[@Alex-xl4xe]

Only thing I don't get is why they went with an eMMC-Module, that looks like a really expensive and slow option since Khadas or Radxa got the same chip working with a M.2 NVMe-SSD but this is an amazing piece of tech. I'd definitely go with this if I wouldn't already have a Laptop.

[@lee99bay]

The future is now! 😁👍🙋

[@leeszeyong]

great concept; unfortunately the weight is quite heavy, 1325g tablet with keyboard and kickstand. negates the advantages of this form factor; there are laptop models in this price range with similar or even lighter weight

[@mindright9771]

I believe the correct pronunciation is "Fy Dee" and not Fade. Fyde in Chinese means "Quick" or hurry.

[@gunayorbay]

so god of war goes 2x with rock 5b running android, but 3x with this?

[@ETAPRIME]

With the latest RK12 android builds we've been seeing much better Vulkan performance and some devices are running at 2.6ghz instead of 2.4. Radxa has the latest rk12 build up on GitHub now but it only runs from sd. Waiting on a reworked build from them

[@goruyorsunuzz]

@@ETAPRIME googlepay market app and google play games app were pre-installed? or installed by you?

[@goruyorsunuzz]

steam client is installable from terminal ? (not works probably)

[@goruyorsunuzz]

asphalt9 runs stabile 30 fps without fps drops ?

[@alexgonzalez9053]

Really interesting tablet, but way out of my budget right now.

[@quantumfoam42]

The tablet of choice for House Harkonnen! Hehe...

[@AurynGaming]

'open source' and 'linux' don't correlate with 'hackable'........... The whole point of OPEN SOURCE is to allow modification.

[@im_Polyhedrons]

i really want to see what linux is like on this tablet!

[@farishanafiah8461]

While I love to see Linux in action on this tablet, you can get some taste of Linux with ARM chipset by using Andronix.

[@gaming-zombie1392]

That an Awesome 2 in 1 Tablet

[@nickthaskater]

First time I've heard it called "Fade" - always heard "Fye-d".

[@Shan_Shah]

Hopefully, Samsung dex like before allows us to install Samsung dex, this reminds me of the good old Samsung dex. We should have the capability to install multiple blown up software on dex to make it true dex.

[@SpiritedAwayMusic]

If this was $400, I would be sold, but at $600 I just don't see it being a good valve.

[@ckthmpson]

I wish there was a 16gb option. And what's the deal with Google Play Certification and apps like Netflix on this?

[@corpdecker]

Might be crazy, BUT, can you get a linux distro with wine running, show off something like the FFXIV Endwalker benchmark on it ? Is it even capable of something like that ?

[@corpdecker]

Actually, I looked it up, and it IS crazy. There is very little support for running x86 binaries on ARM through wine. There are some projects that attempt it, but too slow to be worth the effort.

[@Cypherdude1]

Hello, I would like to see this tablet work under a base Linux install without Android. I am also interested to see if the touch screen can work under Linux. Thanks in advance.

[@sbstndltn]

They definitely seem to be aiming towards fighting the large hold that Apple has on the market. (Just look at the tech specs page.)

[@zenmaster24]

would love to see more emulators under linux - up to yuzu if possible

[@lilsmithers8681]

What is the aspect ratio of the screen? Looks absolutely incredible but would want it to double as a tablet to read manga etc and 16:9 is pretty crap for it. Either 16:10 it 2:3 would be perfect

[@aqlee3518]

i'd like to see you try crostini with box86 and box64

[@myusrn]

I recently acquired a dell xps 13 2in1 tablet with the desirable 3:2 aspect ratio. Would you expect the FydeOS used on the reviewed FydeTab Duo platform, in my case the intel iris xe variant supporting use on an i7-1250u based platform, to be a better experience than current windows 11 support for 2in1 tablet/laptop form factors?

[@substation14x94]

Great product, definetely!

[@ritualj0int]

amazing stuff!

[@alimahmoud10176]

can you suggest me the best handheld under 100$ and thank you

[@coryskutt6616]

I hope it has a good point so i can get it for school