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It runs linux natively. Even if android stops getting updates, you can update that as long as you like
by thinkythought 9y ago
It runs linux natively. Even if android stops getting updates, you can update that as long as you like
- ptx 9y agoNot if it needs a forked kernel to support the hardware (at least not without a lot of work). Also, most GUI applications designed for a traditional GNU/Linux desktop system are not going to work well with a tiny, high-resolution touch-screen.
- sbmassey 9y agoI wonder how convenient it would be to run i3 with a browser and an emacs window or terminal on the thing. That would cover a lot of possible use cases for me.
- forapurpose 9y agoIs Emacs efficient with 2-finger typing? With the handheld form factor revolution, we need text editors that use that interface as efficiently as Emacs and Vim use the full keyboard interface.
- michaelmrose 9y agoI would argue that the keyboard is already the optimal device to both input and manipulate text to the point where touch adds little.
- forapurpose 9y agoI wasn't clear: I meant that Emacs and Vim are optimized for 10-finger typing on full-sized keyboards. We need something for 2-finger keyboards typical on phones, or more broadly something optimized for phone input (maybe including gestures, for example).
- michaelmrose 9y ago2 fingers is so comparatively terrible that there is nothing on earth you could do to make it better than connecting a keyboard.
- stewbrew 9y agoVIM actually works pretty well on a phone as long as you find a way to input Ctrl and ESC.
- sbmassey 9y agoMaybe with evil-mode and some judicious key remapping one could get by.
- geofft 9y agoThat's a very good question - do we know what the kernel patches are and how they're licensed?