# It's Linux, On Mi Pad 5.

<figure><picture><source srcset="https://3643206407-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FHJ5aDuCfW9Ndm4EokAI9%2Fuploads%2FJh6HbUYwww4xmbn9pJ8Y%2Farchnabu.png?alt=media&#x26;token=f72f3245-f23d-4837-a9ce-df3fce82a0e8" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"><img src="https://3643206407-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FHJ5aDuCfW9Ndm4EokAI9%2Fuploads%2FdwPsPpOong913wZkhOBQ%2Fnabulinux.png?alt=media&#x26;token=79d2e5ed-ac69-4d39-b75a-3646344be297" alt="A  designed picture showing a tablet is running Arch Linux. "></picture><figcaption><p>The fastest tablet all the time.</p></figcaption></figure>

We are sick of not receiving updates shortly after buying new tablets. Sick of the walled gardens deeply integrated into Android and iOS, and the old, end-of-life downstream kernel released by devices' vendor. That's why we are developing a sustainable, privacy and security focused free software, tablet-centered OS that is modeled after traditional Linux distributions. With privilege separation in mind. Let's keep our tablet useful and safe until it physically break!

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### Credits

* EDK Piepaint (XDA name: D6072) for this website page.
* [**maverick\_jia**](https://xdaforums.com/m/maverick_jia.12607425/) for his Ubuntu port for Mi Pad 5.
* [**@TheMagicMojoMan**](https://xdaforums.com/m/12646279/) for fixing and improving Ubuntu on Mi Pad 5 and his [Arch Linux ARM](https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-arch-linux-on-xiaomi-pad-5-nabu.4649938/).
* [**@serdeliuk**](https://xdaforums.com/m/8536985/) for orginal Postmarket OS for Mi Pad 5.
* [**LesGaR**](https://xdaforums.com/m/lesgar.1776553/) for enabling the EFI Stub support.
* and much more !...

### XDA Post

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## Repositories

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