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I suppose the moment when there are only two questions to be answered before a non-developer's device is selected has arrived. Q1: Does it run a mainstream, gr
by bdfh42 13y ago
I suppose the moment when there are only two questions to be answered before a non-developer's device is selected has arrived.
Q1: Does it run a mainstream, grade A browser?
Q2: Is there an adequate way of generating documents I can share with users of other devices?
Answer yes to both and it is down to price, convenience and aesthetics - with (for some) the added advantage of a selection making life tougher for inter- (and infra-) national spies.
- simgidacav 13y agoAs mentioned by many people, open source gives you peer review as an advantages, and bugs (both in-good-faith and intentional) get more easily spotted. This however doesn't prevents bug from be there, and the question is: will those guys be keeping their custom systems up to date? Also, as you point out, a lot of the work is now moved on this [gorram] cloud, and unfortunately the simple fact you're running GNU/Linux hardly prevents information from leaking. I wonder if they will also be using strong cryptography or custom online services! EDIT: the distro is likely being a spin-off of something existing -- indeed, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GendBuntu as somebody linked -- so yes, that will be up to date.
- devcpp 13y agoAt least they get to solve the problems. You can't do that with closed OSs. Same goes for the cloud vs. your own server.
- bencollier49 13y agoQ3: Is it supported by a company I can trust?