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That's is what I think is one of the huge problems with GNU/Linux and OSS projects, design being an afterthought rather than one of the core features. I mean t
by jampa 9y ago
That's is what I think is one of the huge problems with GNU/Linux and OSS projects, design being an afterthought rather than one of the core features.
I mean there is a ton of linux distributions that run better on my PC, but I still rather Hackintosh it due to the linux distros interface design and I bet others do the same.
I know this is a new project, but in order to ever hit the mainstream, it needs to have a interface at least as good stock android/TouchWiz. Otherwise people will be driven away, I ask people about Ubuntu and they won't ever say "the design is bad". But they said they switched back to Windows because "they couldn't get a hang of it", because the interface made them feel confused.
- ollieparanoid 9y agoI agree with the "interface at least as good as stock Android" part. I wouldn't even mind if someone re-created the Android UI with native GNU/Linux libraries instead of the ones from Android. As long as the user choose the interface, this would surely make it easier for people to switch from Android to postmarketOS and users who'd like to use something different could freely do so.
- ucaetano 9y agoWill never happen (well, with 99.9% confidence). It would require replicating all of Google's Android APIs and keeping them constantly up-to-date with Google's, forever. Extremely well-funded Amazon and Samsung tried, both gave up.
- ollieparanoid 9y agoWait, I did not say that it needs to be compatible with anything. Just recreating the top bar, that you can drag down to connect to your Wi-Fi etc. and the three buttons at the bottom working in a similar way would make it very easy to migrate without any compatibility requirements. But as ocdtrekkie has noted: > At the point where the phone OS can't make calls yet, worrying about style is a bit premature.
- djsumdog 9y agoI don't think the person you replied to gets it. This project looks awesome btw and keep up the work. When I read through it, I saw it more as just running plain Linux on your old Android devices; turning them into what you would normally use a Pi/Beagle Board for. I'd love to be able to turn old Android phones into small Linux machines, and not have all the Android rubbish.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoFor me personally, I want it to do what I need my phone to do, privately. I don't care if the entire UI is black and white and the only font is Courier New if it does that. Design is second to having a rock solid platform to build on top of. At the point where the phone OS can't make calls yet, worrying about style is a bit premature.