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On 08/18/2013 11:13 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: |
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> On 13/08/13 08:21, heroxbd wrote: |
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>> Dear Fellows, |
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>> |
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>> Canonical is raising money by pushing their concept of Ubuntu for |
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>> Android[1][2]. The idea is to put GNU environment (esp. Ubuntu userland) |
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>> in parallel to Android to drive the external HDMI output with X11 |
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>> protocal, so that desktop applications can run on the smartphone. |
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>> |
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>> [...] |
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>> I feel sorry to the behavior of Canonical. We, people from the Gentoo |
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>> community, can show the general public what is the cooperative way to |
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>> develop desktop/smartphone hybrid to benefit all. |
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> |
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> Note that Canonical, if their project succeeds, it going to ship actual |
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> devices. It's not just going to deliver a hack, but rather a real, |
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> supported, ready to be used device. |
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> |
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> No Gentoo project could possibly offer a real alternative to this. |
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As long as Android is shipped on a large percentage of devices though, |
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there can be a target audience for people who want to use gentoo-prefix |
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on those devices. Imagine something like Terminal IDE [1] (which bundles |
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a prefix of its own) having the power of gentoo-prefix at its disposal. |
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[1] |
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spartacusrex.spartacuside |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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