Re: Old tablet repurpose

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From: tpt <Rajoduo@yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: Old tablet repurpose

Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2022 23:11:26 +0200

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On 02-Jun-22 02:12, Sebastian wrote:

Am 01.06.22 um 17:14 schrieb tpt:
> Hello fellow Geminauts,
>
> This is not directly related to Gemini protocol, I've seen this topic
> pop-up here and there.
>
> I have an old tablet which I'm looking to repurpose. It now runs (a
> really old) Android and it can barely boot-up. Almost all useful
> application are no longer supported, others are slow...
>
> I want to repurpose it somehow (root it, install new OS, whatever) so
> that I would be able to browse Gemini, Gopher, unbloated Web and read
> documents.
>
> Here are the specs if anyone is interested:
> Lenovo TAB 2 A7-10F
> Android 4.4.2
> CPU 4 Core 1.3GHz
> RAM 1GB
> Storage 8GB
>
> Anyone has any interesting ideas, suggestions or knows a similar project?
>
> Thanks a bunch!
>
> Cheers,
> ~tpt
Look if you can flash it with a Custom ROM and install F-Droid app store
afterwards, IIRC there are some apps in that store which support Gemini.
I also recommend NoScript and uBlock Origin in Firefox, ads, tracking
scripts and similar junk suck computing power.

Thanks for replying!

I was not familiar with F-Droid so I will definitely go for that.

However, I'm having trouble finding any suitable custom ROM. Any idea

where to look?

Thanks again!

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Re: Old tablet repurpose (by Sebastian <sgafu97@DIESPAMMERSgmail.com> on Thu, 2 Jun 2022 02:12:22 +0200)

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Old tablet repurpose (by tpt <Rajoduo@yahoo.com> on Wed, 1 Jun 2022 17:14:48 +0200)

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Re: Old tablet repurpose (by Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> on Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:57:08 +0100)