As with Wayne, I have a 2012 Wi-Fi-only Nexus 7 ($200 a year ago) and an external keyboard/case which was $30 delivered on ebay. It's running stock lollipop which is buggy on this particular hardware (no probs on my nexus 4, except the freakin' battery life which is terrible).

http://i.imgur.com/jEXA480.jpg

The case just has a groove which the tablet fits into in landscape orientation, and plastic clasps when acting as a case which feels very sturdy. It works out fine on public transport in my lap, and very easy to switch between use as a tablet and a tiny laptop. But, the keyboard is tiny even for my small hands, and no tilda key :( . I have used it effectively with lecture chair tables to take notes using a markdown app. I would say this type of solution would work out fine for an 8-10 inch tablet with more surface for the keyboard, as long as it has all the keys. Connection is via bluetooth. That would leave finding something with 4G and stock android, which probably narrows down the field quite a bit. The nexus 9 fits that criteria but it's fairly expensive and I hear the build quality is not as good as it should be for the price (a little give in the curved case, screen is slightly cheapish etc.).

 

As for a 'true' linux tablet, that's something of a white whale :/

- Edward

On 15 April 2015 at 12:26, Wayne Moulden <waynemou@gmail.com> wrote:

The Android SSH client ConnectBot is quite good for what it does. 

ConnectBot, at least last version I looked at, intercepts a number of keystrokes with no way of disabling - iirc alt+key are all intercepted. Good for a limited soft keyboard, not so good if you have a hardware keyboard and actually need to send those combinations through.

I believe the VX ConnectBot version provides additional support for hardware keyboards, etc. I converted to this after I picked up a 'small' hardware keyboard and found certain keys not functioning correctly on my Nexus 7 2012. Might be worth a look to see if this version will suit your needs better. Never did get comfortable with the small keyboard but it gets me out of a jam on occasion.

 

JuiceSSH is much better at this, all key strokes get passed correctly to the server, but its management of ssh-keys is poor. ssh-agent forwarding is silently enabled with no way of disabling. If you click the checkbox to save the ssh key password it permanently saves it with no option to delete it. I don't think it is possible to change the password on an existing key.

I also think the VX ConnectBot could be worth a look here, you seem to be able to toggle ssh-agent/X11 forwarding etc and you can remove keys. I haven't used the agent functionality to date.

 

Wayne

 

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