3 ms·
> Purism is the first to release a truly convergent operating system, beating Apple, Google, and Microsoft to this goal by years. I guess we're discounting Sam
by AdmiralAsshat 3y ago
> Purism is the first to release a truly convergent operating system, beating Apple, Google, and Microsoft to this goal by years.
I guess we're discounting Samsung and their Dex engine, then?
- ianbutler 3y agoI love DEX but it's not truly ready for be used as an everyday OS. I wish Samsung would devote more resources into it though. I've always loved the idea of unified computing and the phones in our pockets are really some powerful machines.
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoI suppose they do not consider it a ‘truly convergent operating system’ since you cannot (officially) get root on it.
- AdmiralAsshat 3y agoCan you get root on vanilla Android or iOS without jail-breaking, though? That seems generally true irrespective of the convergence factor.
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoYes, so the point is that people who care a lot about such things may not consider vanilla Android or iOS to be ‘true’ operating systems, but rather a sandbox with limited functionality.
- angeleye 3y agoBingo! I don't consider my phone a 'full computer', it's more like a 'computing appliance'.
- Matl 3y agoThere were things before Dex even, but I guess they're talking about the OS vendors.
- 95014_refugee 3y agoThe use of "beating" implies that there was a competition, and indirectly that this "convergent" attribute is somehow worthwhile. Which isn't demonstrated, so you might want to address that...
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- haolez 3y agoI've tried Dex as a daily driver. It's unusable. It's slow, doesn't have customization options nor sane defaults. Alt-Tab is extremely non reliable. I ditched it.