Hi there,
my ftd just arrived last week and after some playing around with FydeOS Apps and Linux runtime I decided to brick it and install Debian 12. I have a Rock5b (also RK3588) running with armbian/Debian and Ubuntu from internal SSD since more than one year as my desktop-PC. It’s quite fast. That’s why I decicded to give the ftd a chance.
Installation worked liked described in the Wiki. The boot screen is rotated but Debian desktop is orientated normally and can be rotated manually. The Gnome desktop works well with touchscreen. But Wiki said stylus is not working. And yes, stylus recognition was rotated by 90 degree, unuseable. Also I was not able to turn on Bluetooth nor add deviced in Gnome. bluetooth deamon was installed and running. I remembered 2-3 years ago I had same problems with fedora and Gnome.
BUT: Then I tryed to upgrade Debian to testing/sid to get fresher packages.The How-to you can find on Debian project website. It worked for me wothout problems. Now it seems to be Gnome 46 desktop instead of 42. And it works well! Also the stylus works perfect for example in Xjournal and Bluetooth works too.
I am very happy to have an OSS based productive convertable now.
How about your experience with GNU/Linux on fydetab?
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