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On March 17, 2012 at 10:20 AM Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> |
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> Android != Linux (in context of userspace) |
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> To get a phone shipped with a running Linux (in the usual definition of |
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> Linux, not Richard Stallman's) you need that Nokia one that will never |
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> again see the light of day. |
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> Or root your Sony and stick Debian on it. Being a Sony device, that |
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> might be hard. |
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> -- |
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> Alan McKinnnon |
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> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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I could also say, IMHO, Ubuntu != Linux (in context of userspace) <:-)} |
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My personal definition of "Linux" is "The Linux Kernel", which source can |
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be downloaded from kernel.org. |
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My Samsung Galaxy S has "Kernel version 2.6.35.7", which I assume to be The |
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Linux Kernel. |
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Sure, it's not beyond Google to steal, or borrow, code and rewrite enough |
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stuff and call it it's own. But we all know the source. (And failure to |
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agree to the new Google {Play,Music,Books} and YouTube license(s) has |
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caused me not to be able to upgrade applications ... 16 iirc and counting.) |
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I'm just wondering what "Linux" phone he, or anyone, is using -- after him |
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saying [the "vast majority" of Linux users right now are phone users.] |
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Maybe the vast majority of Linux users are phone users, but I took it to |
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mean the vast majority of Linux users are those using phones running Linux |
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(which I highly doubt). |
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After using the previously mentioned iPhone (my first smartphone) for >1 |
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year, it just made me feel weird being so not-like-Linux. But it works |
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well, except for decreased cell signal when holding the phone. |
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After using this Android phone for <3 months, I'm counting the days until I |
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can upgrade to an iPhone. The Galaxy has frozen, crashed, hung; it's |
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wireless signal is not nearly as good as the iPhone, nor is it's battery |
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usage. It has features which I like over the iPhone 3 series, but I've |
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never used a 4 series to compare. And customer services says, "Maybe you |
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have a virus. We're not trained on Android, just Windoze and Apple |
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devices." (So why offer them to your customers? There's money in it, |
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silly!) |
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Just curious about phones. After using these 2 smartphones (since June |
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2010), I miss my dumb flip phone. If money were no object, I'd buy one of |
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the new iPads for ultra portable internet access, and get a simple dumb |
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phone for cellular use. |
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