> And what about tablets? Is there even a single one with fully fledged
> GNU/Linux preinstalled?
Maybe there are.
> The whole point of the petition is to show to ALL OEMs that there is big
> demand, which means for them big profit to be made. You don’t seem very
> eager to see GNU/Linux on the popular mobile devices. Maybe you just
> prefer Linux to be an oddity for geeks only and not the free OS for
> everybody. A little soul searching probably needed.
You need millions in a petition to convince them to create any gadget.
They are moved by profits. Souls do not make tangible profits.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 02:56:01 +0000, Citizenious wrote:
> The whole point of the petition is to show to ALL OEMs that there is big
> demand, which means for them big profit to be made. You don’t seem very
> eager to see GNU/Linux on the popular mobile devices. Maybe you just
> prefer Linux to be an oddity for geeks only and not the free OS for
> everybody. A little soul searching probably needed.
Let’s keep it about technical stuff and not personal.
> I stream video from my desktop to my PS3, and occasionally, I need to
> kick the streaming server for whatever reason. It’s handy to be able to
> ssh from my phone or tablet to my desktop to do it. Saves me having to
> go into the other room.
I do have a “terminal” program in my phone. I see the prompt and a
keyboard. Nothing I type appears on the terminal.
Ok, I got it working. You have to type some spaces and then delete them
to get something typed.
Absurdly, the thing tries to spell check the commands I type. No ssh.
There is an /sbin dir, with no permissions to see what is inside, and no
/bin directory.
But this is not the real Linux in the thing. This is just an Android app
named “Terminal” which purportedly is able to run a few things.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
On Thu, 23 Jan 2014 20:53:07 +0000, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2014-01-22 18:02, Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>> I stream video from my desktop to my PS3, and occasionally, I need to
>> kick the streaming server for whatever reason. It’s handy to be able
>> to ssh from my phone or tablet to my desktop to do it. Saves me having
>> to go into the other room.
>
> I do have a “terminal” program in my phone. I see the prompt and a
> keyboard. Nothing I type appears on the terminal.
>
> Ok, I got it working. You have to type some spaces and then delete them
> to get something typed.
> Absurdly, the thing tries to spell check the commands I type. No ssh.
> There is an /sbin dir, with no permissions to see what is inside, and no
> /bin directory.
>
> But this is not the real Linux in the thing. This is just an Android app
> named “Terminal” which purportedly is able to run a few things.
I have connectbot installed on my phone, and a terminal emulator on my
tablet (along with connectbot) which both provide local connectivity
(connectbot also provides ssh to other systems).
>> But this is not the real Linux in the thing. This is just an Android app
>> named “Terminal” which purportedly is able to run a few things.
>
> I have connectbot installed on my phone, and a terminal emulator on my
> tablet (along with connectbot) which both provide local connectivity
> (connectbot also provides ssh to other systems).
The scarce documentation for that “terminal” I have says that it is the
real Linux on the thing, and that you may need to install busybox to be
able to do useful things.
I initially installed this in order to encrypt a few notes - not because
the terminal was needed, but because it was a “dependency”. I did not
succeed. The pgp app I installed insisted on trying to be the default
application to use to open some .avi files (absurd!) and it crashed
subsequently. I eventually removed the pgp part, but not the terminal.
I’ll try to remember about that connectbot. Wrote a note on my
application list notes
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
Canonical tried to push a Ubuntu phone last year - it did not work out; how many Firefox phones are there? 5? You want to get GNU/LInux phones out there? Answer: borrow 100 million USD, build prototypes, hook them to major wireless networks, and hand these phones out for free and see how it goes.
On 2014-01-24 14:26, BSDuser wrote:
>
> Canonical tried to push a Ubuntu phone last year - it did not work out;
> how many Firefox phones are there? 5? You want to get GNU/LInux phones
> out there? Answer: borrow 100 million USD, build prototypes, hook them
> to major wireless networks, and hand these phones out for free and see
> how it goes.
That’s about my point
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 12.3 x86_64 “Dartmouth” at Telcontar)
On Fri, 24 Jan 2014 11:23:06 +0000, Carlos E. R. wrote:
> On 2014-01-24 06:49, Jim Henderson wrote:
>
>>> But this is not the real Linux in the thing. This is just an Android
>>> app named “Terminal” which purportedly is able to run a few things.
>>
>> I have connectbot installed on my phone, and a terminal emulator on my
>> tablet (along with connectbot) which both provide local connectivity
>> (connectbot also provides ssh to other systems).
>
> The scarce documentation for that “terminal” I have says that it is the
> real Linux on the thing, and that you may need to install busybox to be
> able to do useful things.
>
> I initially installed this in order to encrypt a few notes - not because
> the terminal was needed, but because it was a “dependency”. I did not
> succeed. The pgp app I installed insisted on trying to be the default
> application to use to open some .avi files (absurd!) and it crashed
> subsequently. I eventually removed the pgp part, but not the terminal.
>
> I’ll try to remember about that connectbot. Wrote a note on my
> application list notes
And yeah, busybox is useful as well. Linux is, after all, a kernel, not
an operating system.
