I'd advise against SL7 on a tablet; Scientific Linux
(like RHEL) is great for servers, maybe for older
laptops, but any 'new' hardware is going to cause 
problems because of the time it takes updates to
propagate. 

Fedora or Ubuntu are more appropriate, depending on
your preferences. 

On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 05:56:41 -0500
~Stack~ <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> On 07/14/2016 07:55 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
> > Are there any tablets in the Apple iPad price range that run SL 7?
> > If not SL 7, other distros (say, Ubuntu "enterprise")?  
> 
> I can say from personal experience that the Microsoft Surface Pro 2
> runs Ubuntu 16.04 really well. The Surface Pro 3 also works but is a
> bit rougher (had some issues with the keyboard that took a while to
> fix; wasn't working out of box. Also, the screen resolution is so
> high that it made touching difficult to be precise). It wasn't a hard
> install at all. Just disable UEFI and select traditional BIOS then
> you are good to go.
> 
> I also know that Johnny Hughes over at the CentOS team has done a ton
> of work cramming CentOS 7 on a bunch of ARM devices. He may have a
> lead for you on a tablet.
> 
> 
> > Would such tablets also run VirtualBox or VMWare Player to allow the
> > use of MS Win as a guest environment?  
> 
> The Surface Pro certainly would. It has quite a bit of power. Not sure
> about the low-end ARM processors though.
> 
> > How much RAM and mass storage should be procured?  
> 
> I hate to sound like a marketer for the Surface Pro...However, the
> one I had was 8GB of RAM w/ a 256GB SSD. Should be plenty I would
> suspect.
> 
> > The unit would need both USB ports as well as 802.11 support
> > supported drivers under Linux for Network Manager, her WLAN
> > application of choice).  
> 
> You get wifi and one USB on the Surface Pro. There is a dock which
> worked perfect under Ubuntu 16.04 for the Pro2, but I had issues with
> it crashing on the Pro3. I know there were improvements made to the
> support of the Surface Pro since I tested, but I no longer have the
> devices so my testing is all a single point in time back in
> March-April with 16.04 pre and initial release.
> 
> Hope that helps. Good luck. And I would love to hear if you find one!
> 
> ~Stack~
> 



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