[dastx]

Their software and hardware are open source. Far cry from alternative android tablets. Either way, building a tablet, even based on a raspberry pi, is no easy feat.

[jokoon]

Why is it so hard though?

I guess the problem is always power management, and I guess writing drivers for the appropriate hardware?

I still fail to understand why there isn't more open source projects like this using android, since android is open source.

I mean using linux on a desktop is easily feasible, but "owning" a tablet or a phone seems like it's so difficult.

[userbinator]

In reality, "open source" means next to nothing if you don't get any documentation... which Broadcom remains hesitant to provide.

At least for the Mediatek stuff there's some leaked datasheets and programming manuals as well as board layouts and such.