Thursday, January 30, 2025

Debian on Samsung Tablet

Debian on Samsung Tablet

I have made a List of Arch Linux below and many have gone dormant.

I have tested only 4 of them excluding Steam OS.

I could never boot an ARCH Linux in my 15 odd Network of 32 bit computers of the past.

There are much better Linux distribution of Linux available.

Unless you want to become, a lifetime Linux developer, do not waste time on ARCH.

I am a longtime Linux user and avid critic of Linux and I have proposed Japanese 5 S for Linux.

I was the one who introduced this Principle to Private Hospitals in Ceylon. 

Unfortunately, none of the private hospitals practice this principle in Ceylon, now.

These five words from Demming (an an American who introduced these principles to Japan), I can remember by heart.

William Edwards Deming is referred to as a quality guru because he was one of the first, in the 1950s, to propose a modern approach to product quality by using staff management, planning, product design and process monitoring.

Much of the field of Quality originated from several individuals who spent their careers researching, teaching and developing the field of Quality. These individuals are Walter Shewhart, W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, Philip Crosby, and Armand Fiegenbaum.

Japanese who adopted this was Kaoru Ishikawa.

I had the pleasure of working with J.I.C.A. Dr. Yugiro Handa (he is professor now).

The first is Dr. Yugiro Handa and he was an amiable guy and I used to tell him instead of JICA, he should become a diplomat. I lost touch with him and he never game me his email and I did not ask in any case.

The other was Miss Hagiwara, opposite Dr. Handa very reserved and difficult to make any tangible friend. She was a computer lady and had all the Windows proprietary software including statistics with her. She was stingy not necessarily due to copyright issues but her nature. I gave up trying her but got Professor Asoka Ekanayake to demand from her all the software needed for student education in the small computer unit we had.

She had to give in and I built a small network in Linux at home with 14 computers. 

TQM and the Pioneers Who Made Us Think About It

The origins of total quality management (TQM) can be traced back to the early 1950s, when W. Edwards Deming worked with Japanese automobile manufacturers to improve product quality. The aim was to help Japan rebuild after the devastation of World War II and regain a competitive edge in the global marketplace. Joseph Juran and Philip Crosby also played a key role in developing TQM, each with their own unique contribution. Juran emphasized the importance of continuous improvement, while Crosby focused on the need for organizations to meet customer expectations. Over time, TQM has become an essential element of business strategy for many organizations.

1. Sort

2. Set

3. Shine

4. Standardize

5. Sustain


YES, one can run run Linux on a Samsung Tablet.
It needs at least Android 14.
I think it is Debian Buster which is Version 10. The reason Abiword dis not work on this utility proves that.
I started with Android Version 4.4 which was named  Kitkat.
My cellphone on Android 13 does not support.
There is Linux Utility called User Land.
Do not use it it.
It is taken over by Ubuntu and one has to pay for the services.
I tried using User land 10 years ago on a Nokia Phone, supporting Android 8.
I could not do anything with it and gave it up. I think it was Android version 6.
I had over 10 Nokia phones and I did not know what version they were until, this Cellphone towers reach became an issue.
Current version of Android is 15. I think my old cellphones could support up to version 9, named Pie.
Cellphones supporting version 10 to 12 were expensive and as a pensioner I could not afford them, until I decided to buy two cellphones at cut rate before leaving Ceylon to Australia.

I knew in Australia cellphones were much expensive than in Singapore.

It is the same feeling now but Debian let one installs Synaptic Package Manager and  I even Installed Abiword, focus writer and LibreOffice.
Synaptic has ton of applications to choose.
I am still learning with only mouse key to work around, it is bit of a task. My fingers are OK, having been a Pediatric guy with surgical skills but my vision is the one that handicapping me.
I had to try Debian 4 times. Debian does not support it is an old edition.
I hope Debian Developers should look into its support for cellphone.
If an old guy like me can get it going on my Samsung I think newbie can do that.
Thank you Samsung.
I even got Chromium Browser running.

I think one should Install Synaptic Package Manager first. Synaptic look for libraries and that helps the Chromium Browser.
However, font installer hung up.
Keyboard is not virtual activated by defaults and LibreOffice needs fonts to work with.
I tried even Blender and it was slow and would not probably install.
Debian Developers are wise enough to support it but I think mature Debian Developers should help the young guys who took project seriously but have come into some difficulties.
Cellphone is not built to support Linux by default primarily because O.E.M guy feat that Samsung may be hacked by hackers.
There is only one cellphone, Pine that has Linux but it is for developers and is very expensive.
I hope before I kick the bucket I would have the pleasure to use a Linux phone. Even Ubuntu gave up. I was not keen using Linux on a cellphone moment I bought a NUC computer.
Mini PCs are ruling the computer world and very soon nobody would Apple phones would plummet. I think Apple cannot keep up with Mini PCs within a year or so.
I love the Mini PC with Touch Screen.

Active ARCH Linux distributions.

Asterisk indicates the year of first public release based on Arch Linux.

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These distributions are no longer developed, but show some of the history surrounding Arch Linux and the greater FOSS community. Sections show the year of the latest release.

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Mini PC Domain

Minisforum seems to be the best with many options with UpTo 4 MNNe slots. One can add a frame for old SATA disks.
There is enough room inside and I believe one can change the CPU.
Oculink port is there for external GPU.
But it is very expensive but worth the money spent.
DDR 5 UpTo 64 GB RAM.
Storage no problem at all.
Cooling system is pretty good and no thermal throttling at high work load.
It is a power house.
It does not have a touch screen on top which is my current craze. This is box shaped but I prefer a oblong or rectangular (cellphone like) design. 

Box shaped design generally makes the components cramped up inside.

Minisforum Atomman X7 has a touch screen design which is an excellent addition to Mini PC Domain.

Uses 
Multiple Monitors with 4K display with high frame rates
Gaming
Video Editing
Video Playback
AI compatible 

Setup
One can change the setup for Graphic Memory but they are optimally set at boot time and one should not fiddle with them without knowing how graphic cards perform in a given setting.

1. Minisforum 
2. Beelink is AMD
3. Acemagician
4. MSI
5. GMK Tech is Intel
6. Intel NUC
7. Morfine
8. Karui Plus 
9. Geekom 

Intel series are cheaper whereas AMD are expensive but performance efficient.

All these are better than Apple Mac cheaper and ungradable. With Apple one is stuck with their design, generally for two years at a time, whereas the rest of Chip Industry is moving forward extremely fast and dose not follow the old Moor's Law of incremental development.
It is actually exponential.
Chips have come down from 250 nanometers to almost 3 nanometers.

Samsung is on top with TSMC closely following.
Dell, LG and HP are way behind.
Intel NUC in the middle. NUC is bare bone but upgrade with a cost.

Ryzen is the CPU brand name
Radeon is the GPU brand name

Redeon is AMD proprietary Trade Mark.

Iris Xe is Intel at 1000 dollars whereas 
Geekom gives a better unit for 850 dollars.
This is the reason Intel NUC bowed downed to ASUS. Less people would be buying Intel NUC.

Graphic cards are expensive to produce and NVIDIA has been ruling the market.

RDNA is probably a Generic term for Graphic Cards
RDNA 5000,6000 and 7000 series.

Choices
? Bare bone and cheap 
? Ready to go and expensive 

The Mini PC Domain is full of different Form Factor Units.
Deciding on a unit is almost impossible.

If you are new to mini PC, I recommend list your requirements before purchasing one.
Then go to the dealer and look for a Mini PC that fits your requirement and the budget. 
The plan is not to fiddle with the internal components inside once your operating system is installed.

I use Debian Linux which looks after the components and updates the system regularly. I have no comments on other operating systems that are power hungry and resource hungry.

Adding components as and when one's money supply improves is not the way about. In that scenario waiting for a year or so is a good option, hence most of the old units with good performance invariably down their price when they introduce new designs. 

I do not recommend buying second hand one from Ebay (refurbished units), unless it is used as a spare unit. Managing two units is not are good idea. May be the spare unit one can take home over the weekend.

Mini PCs are in development for over a decade now, and they vary from the bare bone units to the top of the range units with many fancy brand names. 

I will let you know my own preferences later and I am not a gamer.

If you are are a compulsive game addict go for a top of the range unit and do not try to upgrade (it takes the vorantee away). Besides, go for a 3 year vorantee instead of one year as is the case of usual vorantee.

One year differnce is very big time in Mini PC Domain.

Limitations 
Has Integrated Graphic Card which cannot be upgraded. There are units with Thunderbolt and a port for external graphic cards but they are exoensive. Problem with high end graphic cards is they consume lot of electricity and contribute to the thermal throttling. 
These units are meant to run on low power consumption.
Basic units do not have fans for cooling and use moderate resolution Iintegrated Graphic Cards which do not consume lot of power. 
But high end units will have well designed cooling system and fans but do not expect Water Cooling Systems in a Mini PCs.

RAM is not a problem with many units but single RAM units are undesirable. Two RAM slots is a necessity, simply because when running the system everything runs on RAM with only shared rendering with the Graphic Unit. Spending a lot on RAM is sensible. I use 8GB RAM in my NUC which is DDR4. I have a spare slot if I decide to do some graphic intensive work. 
I use Stacer (Linux Utility) to test my work load and my general consumption never exceeds 2GB out of 8GB. 
I run many Linux utilities in the background to test my user experience and never use cynebench marks.

CPU with single core is good for basic work but not good if heavy works loads are intended.

Multicore CPU is a necessity by default.
CPU is almost idle in my daily use.

Storage Hardware
With Nvme hard disk coming to market one must check what is the type of storage option and capacity.
I still use old (I have several), SSD SATA disks, and I look for whether the PC can accommodate one. 
I do not look for terabyte hard disks.

That's about it.
Only other thing, one has to worry about is how many ports are available for extensibility. Ports for mouse and keyboard cannot be used for other purposes. Stick them to the back and leave the ports in front for additional devices.
More ports there are it is better. 
This is especially so for monitors. 

Do not forget about audio / video outputs. 
I bought a cheap NUC without audio and I have to stick a USB Audio jack for music and video.

Having a stand for mounting is mandatory.

My Craze
The units with Touch Scree is my craze.
It is two units in one.
Cellphone and Computer Unit integrated.
I do not like the box or cube shaped units.
I prefer the rectangular shape units.

They are expensive but more units with new designs will come from China, if not from the West.
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