Not quite a tablet but if you’d consider a convertible, the Framework 12 is a solid choice.

If you’re looking for outgoing requests, check out OpenSnitch. It should do exactly what you’re looking for.

Is… Is that a garbage bag vest?

Steam is natively installed and works perfectly. You can install other packages, but it effectively adds another layer which slows down updates a bit.

Preface: I don’t have any experience with Garuda or Nobara but I have used Bazzite.

Not to make the choice harder, but Bazzite does come with Plasma 6. You can have it boot to the SteamOS UI or to the Plasma Desktop.

Bazzite is a great choice for stability but you need to be aware it doesn’t operate like a traditional Linux distribution since it’s based on ostree and is immutable. Package installations are primarily done through Flatpak, AppImage or exported via Distrobox.

My kids. Not much else though.

It was right there.

Always has bean

For me it was

— I’d seen weirder things in Perl scripts —

Just perfect. No notes.

Have you looked at the Starlite? It’s more expensive than an android tablet but might do what you’re looking for.

Heard about this the other day. I haven’t tried it yet, but it looks promising.

You can use two separate VPNs if you use a work profile to run the second one. I’m not sure if this would work for your use case though. Check out Shelter if you want to give it a try.

To be fair, arch could look like that after a few days.

If you like the idea of asdf, I would recommend looking at mise. It does all the same things (and more) and is much more performant in my experience.