> which is just displaying a web page with some information and buttons.

If all the device needs to be is a dumb terminal locked to displaying a web page, it's really hard to beat the value proposition of modding a dirt cheap Amazon/Android tablet. Most Pi home-built solutions with an addon touchscreen, battery etc will be less elegant solutions that cost more a lot of the time.

Locking a cheap android tablet to a single page is super common in home-brew home automation builds etc, even in builds where Pis are used. You can trivially turn a great many Amazon tablets into home automation dash/remotes/web kiosks.

> but the locked-down android and really android of any kind is just not something I am interested in.

When all you want is the browser, Android is as good a place to start as virtually any other on a device like this.

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plipt 3 days ago | parent [-]

Thanks, that’s good advice

I have a fire tablet that I’ve tried that with, but for various reasons I prefer to have Linux on all the things. As a long time Android phone user Android still gives me an irrational ick, non-standard android even more so.

Ideally all my home devices would controlled and managed by the same underlying OS and tooling

I have to stop being such a prude, it just frustrates me that after so many years I can’t buy a cheap Linux tablet

	▲	luqtas 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> I can’t buy a cheap Linux tablet much better, you can make one yourself! and considering touch displays out there (Waveshare have nice ones) already have supports to hook up your pi without much CAD tinkering, it's all about making a case and developing your system for a battery (which also are quite popular and have already made solutions). if we stop being prudes all we get is Jeff and Jobs locked devices! take a look at the cyber-deck scene on Reddit
	▲	shadowpho 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		There’s a plethora of old phones and tablets you can purchase on the cheap ($50-$100) and install Linux. They are all faster then rpi0