Thankfully, it's not the hard to get Ubuntu onto your Nexus 7 tablet, but first you'll need to unlock it.

Note that it’ll take a few minutes for the tablet to enable developer mode for the first time, and once that’s done you’ll see a scary menu letting you know that OS Verification is Disabled ...

After all, if it's x86-based then we can install pretty much anything on it, right? Erm, not quite. It turns out you can't just install any old Linux distro on a Bay Trail tablet.

Installing Linux apps on Chromebooks is a bit more complicated than installing Android ones. Here's a guide on how to do it.

I haven't been keeping up with Android tablets since then, but I'm looking to get another one. How is support for Linux on the newer Transformers? Or should I find a used TF100?

Not all Ubuntu Linux apps will work on the TouchPad, since the tablet has an ARM-based processor and many Ubuntu apps haven’t yet been compiled for ARM.