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> Not sure what you're talking about. Which other phones allow to run unmodified desktop apps? I'm not sure what you're talking about. We've had the ability
by pengaru 5y ago
> Not sure what you're talking about. Which other phones allow to run unmodified desktop apps?
I'm not sure what you're talking about.
We've had the ability to run unmodified desktop linux apps on handhelds since the bad old FPU-less days of the Sharp Zaurus.
That's ancient history, and the whole f!cking promise of "convergence" AIUI is to make those applications usable in touch interfaces while being capable of transitioning seamlessly back into a desktop point-and-click interaction model when you dock the handheld.
It's basically just an Android thing to be a linux-based handheld that actively obstructs running conventional desktop linux software. And even in that world you can coax it by adding the missing userspace bits, isn't there an android app that does just that (termux)? https://github.com/termux/x11-packages/issues/144 https://github.com/termux/x11-packages/issues/144
Anyways, this feels like a pathetic strawman discussion at this point, I have better things to do today, cheers.