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> full desktop OS Maemo (full-fledged Debian-based mobile distro, now dead, thanks Elop) user here. Is Ubuntu Phone really running a full-fledged desktop-as-w
by drdaeman 13y ago
> full desktop OS
Maemo (full-fledged Debian-based mobile distro, now dead, thanks Elop) user here.
Is Ubuntu Phone really running a full-fledged desktop-as-we-know-it GNU/Linux-derived distro? Because, after I heard about bionic+libhybris stuff and some chroot kludges I start highly doubt it. It's as "Ubuntu desktop" as chrooted Ubuntu install on Android, except for more optimized (compared to VNC-to-localhost, huh) video pipeline.
My perception is that it's neither typical-GNU neither Android but something partially (in)compatible to both.
Would be really nice if I'm wrong on this matter.
- fingerprinter 13y agoYour "wrong", but only b/c the container flip happened recently. They had the Android chroot thing to get going quickly, from what I can gather. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-July/037443.html https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-July/037... Ubuntu Touch is fully Ubuntu and can take advantage of all that goodness.