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If your goal was to make a worse version of android, that would be a smart play. But mobile linux can be more than a dumbed down mobile OS. Writing apps in thi
by bubabug 5y ago
If your goal was to make a worse version of android, that would be a smart play.
But mobile linux can be more than a dumbed down mobile OS. Writing apps in this way makes it capable of "convergence", which means it can run a full desktop OS.
- yyyk 5y agoShould we want convergence? 'Converging' OSs so far are horrible either for desktop or phone (e.g. Windows 8). Ordinary apps could have been kept in Java while still allowing a full developer environment with the typical C tools (something Android/iOS aren't interested at all to do).
- fsflover 5y agohttps://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions#213-how-well-will-convergence-work-to-use-the-librem-5-as-a-desktop-pc https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque...