Xfce4
Appearance
Xfce4 is pretty usable on Nokia N900, Nexus 7 2013.

Installation
pmbootstrap init
User interface: xfce4
Extra packages: xf86-video-vesa mesa-egl
Calibrate the touchscreen
If you rotate the screen change/add a value in this file:
sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/90-android-touch-dev.rules
ENV{ID_INPUT}="1", ENV{ID_INPUT_TOUCHSCREEN}="1", \ # default ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="1 0 0 0 1 0" # Left - 90 degree clockwise ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="0 -1 1 1 0 0" # 180 degree clockwise ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="-1 0 1 0 -1 1" # Right - 270 degree clockwise ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="0 1 0 -1 0 1" # reflect along y axis ENV{LIBINPUT_CALIBRATION_MATRIX}="-1 0 1 1 0 0"
applications| settings| windowmanager
Default-xhdpi
Font ... 16?
settings|panels, panel1, hide panel inteligently, 53 pixels. settings|panels, panel2, hide panel inteligently.
With configuration above, you get this. Only obvious problem is waste of space at top of the screen.
Simple status window without decorations can be put there. Plan is to display battery / signal status there: