Is waiting for the Pixel Tablet 2 my only option?

[Guest]

I'm looking for a tablet to last me at least 4-5 years doing -

• Reading via Linkding, Audiobookshelf and Kavita
• Note taking via Notesnook
• Light media streaming via Jellyfin

I've been looking forward to the Google Pixel Tablet 2 to put "The OS that must not be named" on it and have a highly privacy respecting device. The current Pixel tablet just has a lot of drawbacks - support timeline is limited, speakers aren't good, display is mehh etc. But of course Google didn't announce the new tablet, most likely putting it off until next year.

I've considered a few options -

• iPad Air - don't have an Apple account, and frankly don't want to get into their ecosystem in general.
• Surface Go - Unavailable in the UK and the kernel required has some missing features as well.
• Generic Android tablets from Samsung, Lenovo etc - Don't want a device where I can't fully control what the OS is doing, and I've used LineageOS, and didn't really like it.
• Generic Windows tablets from Dell, Lenovo etc - Is Linux really ready for a tablet use case? I'm not really sure about this. Will I have proper driver and hardware support here?
• Linux tablets such as Pinetab, Starlite etc - These seem to be woefully underpowered and underspec.

So is my only real option to wait until May of 2025 for a Google Pixel Tablet 2? I'd love some input for this dilemma. Thanks!

[tin@feddit.uk]

Did you ever resolve this?

[Guest]

I got the Pixel Tablet. But, if you're in the market today, you may want to take a look at the Framework 2 in 1