So, I have had a pleasant experience with the Linx tablet.
The wireless speed was initially shocking. I enabled Antenna diversity ( whatever that is ) and speeds have shot up and are as expected. Streaming occassionally gets stuck or goes out of sync. If I run a speedtest test, this doesn't happen for a day or so.
It doesn't get hot even if I leave it running for 24 hours. Not sure if I should be doing this in the long run though...
But, overall , this is definitely a much better experience than the crappy Intel compute stick or the Chromefart