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I'd be more impressed getting linux to run on all of the above. Touchpad, android phones, toasters, etc. why have a dumbed down version where you must either a

by gcb 15y ago

I'd be more impressed getting linux to run on all of the above. Touchpad, android phones, toasters, etc. why have a dumbed down version where you must either a) have no control to menial tasks like editing /etc/hosts or gasp opening an ssh session; b) let any app do as it whish with your data I used to run linux with window maker on a 386 compaq portable. 1/100 of the cpu of my phone. 1/3 of the screen pixel of my nexus one. get away with those toy OSes. Enough is enough.

Xuzz 15y ago
You can run Ubuntu on a TouchPad. See http://webos-internals.org/ http://webos-internals.org/ for how.
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scotu 15y ago
I think you don't know what are you talking about: Android is linux and you can edit /etc/hosts as you wish. You can even get in an ssh session as simple as an app... And for b) : what an app can do is stated before install. "English, my friend. Do you speak it?" (Or any other language fyi)
- gcb 15y ago
  in another thread i'm downvoted when people says that multiuser is essential for a desktop and i call it a minor annoyance for 99% of the setups. here i'm downvoted because i want multiused on my mobile stuff. And if you blindly trust android control model, i'm sorry. The non-rooted ROMs google distribute over the air has some sandboxing control but then your launcher and every other program is boxed out of basic functionality, such as editing /etc/hosts and running ssh or loading a tun driver. If you allow your stuff to run 'as root' then you can't believe any app until you coded it yourself --which is fine with me, this worked well on the PC.
  - scotu 15y ago
    you can edit hosts without root with adb, if you don't want to root. If you want to live in a post-pc world you can simply grant root privileges to one single app for one single session... I bet that if you don't trust any app on the market, you can simply write one for yourself, pay someone to write one or find one that is open source (and pay someone to audit it) and build it+sideload that app on your phone. Too complicated? Sure it is. Make your trade off

by gcb 15y ago

Xuzz 15y ago

You can run Ubuntu on a TouchPad. See http://webos-internals.org/ http://webos-internals.org/ for how.

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scotu 15y ago

I think you don't know what are you talking about: Android is linux and you can edit /etc/hosts as you wish. You can even get in an ssh session as simple as an app... And for b) : what an app can do is stated before install. "English, my friend. Do you speak it?" (Or any other language fyi)

gcb 15y ago
in another thread i'm downvoted when people says that multiuser is essential for a desktop and i call it a minor annoyance for 99% of the setups. here i'm downvoted because i want multiused on my mobile stuff. And if you blindly trust android control model, i'm sorry. The non-rooted ROMs google distribute over the air has some sandboxing control but then your launcher and every other program is boxed out of basic functionality, such as editing /etc/hosts and running ssh or loading a tun driver. If you allow your stuff to run 'as root' then you can't believe any app until you coded it yourself --which is fine with me, this worked well on the PC.
- scotu 15y ago
  you can edit hosts without root with adb, if you don't want to root. If you want to live in a post-pc world you can simply grant root privileges to one single app for one single session... I bet that if you don't trust any app on the market, you can simply write one for yourself, pay someone to write one or find one that is open source (and pay someone to audit it) and build it+sideload that app on your phone. Too complicated? Sure it is. Make your trade off