Running Linux on Kocaso NB1400A

[Wires]

Cheers
This is sort of a fun/learning project.
I have a NB1400A, its kinda a cheap tablet internals on a laptop case, no touchscreen just keyboard and mouse.
Runs Android 4.2 (I think?) on an ARM A9 according to the site.
I'd like to put a low resource distro of linux if possible.
If I'm successfull then I'll start on a stack of NB1016A's that I have laying around
If anyone has any ideas where to start I'd appreciate it

Wires

 

[LorenDB]

You may want to try porting postmarketOS (www.postmarketos.org). It's based on Alpine and aimed at replacing Android on all phones and tablets (and they're working on iPhones too!).

 

[sp331yi]

Try Porteus, look into antX for ARM (it's Debian and Debian has an ARM branch)

 

[Wires]

Does this replace the original OS or does it run inside it as a VM?

 

[sp331yi]

Put Porteus on a SD card and try it from there, first, I'd say.
This is assuming machine will boot from the card. I didnt see much on specs, but SD card was mentioned.