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HP Spectre Tablet Mode: Bridging Niri, CachyOS, and Waydroid
reading time: 3 minutes

Automating tablet mode detection to trigger an Android UI on a Linux 2-in-1 device.

A sleek 2-in-1 laptop folded into tablet mode, displaying a terminal window alongside an Android interface. Abstract geometric shapes and moody neon blue lighting.

The Motivation

I bought one of those 2-in-1 laptops a few years ago, an HP Spectre specifically. It came with Windows by default, which was fine until I decided I was on a crusade against using Windows on any of my screens in silent protest of it just being bad.