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Forum: Off Topic 2012-07-18, 14:49
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Posted By wmarone
Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones

I did, and as a result I am reserving my enthusiasm. Note that I am not claiming anything to be true.


I think that, as the CEO, he wants to answer as many questions as he can but specifics and...
Forum: Off Topic 2012-07-18, 05:21
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Posted By wmarone
Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones

Actually, we don't know what direction things are pointing. All we have to go on is a possibly accurate, possibly misleading interview with someone who can't give away all the secrets at this time...
Forum: Off Topic 2012-07-17, 02:22
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Posted By wmarone
Re: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones

I will note that they did allow purchases, but only from "registered developers" who were accepted into a special program.

Still, it didn't do much to cultivate any community, though I suppose...
Forum: Competitors 2012-02-08, 20:22
Replies: 160
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Posted By wmarone
Re: new, open source Linux tablet, 7" with kde plasma !!!

Which is fine if you're OK with the GPL violation. I suspect the price for a direct shipment is completely arbitrary on behalf of the OEM and a sizable percentage will be going to the PA project.
Forum: Competitors 2012-02-08, 20:05
Replies: 160
Views: 64,294
Posted By wmarone
Re: new, open source Linux tablet, 7" with kde plasma !!!

You can always donate on your own.

But to call it greedy is likely to completely fail to understand what it's like dealing with a chinese OEM. I suspect part of the price may be in paying the OEM...
Forum: General 2012-01-24, 17:39
Replies: 17
Views: 8,372
Posted By wmarone
Re: Tizen Source and SDK Preview are here

Tizen was never not using DEB. It's, thus far, directly descended from SLP which was always DEB. Whether the packaging format will change is unknown.


That's because Android doesn't actually do...
Forum: Alternatives 2011-12-30, 17:35
Replies: 494
Views: 254,248
Posted By wmarone
Re: Cordia : Maemo5 UI on top MeeGo Core

It goes beyond merely blocking sideloading.

I had one reserved (but put down no money) and ignored the calls to come in and pick it up once the investigations at xda-devs showed that the unit was...
Forum: Nokia N900 2011-11-28, 04:14
Replies: 10
Views: 3,427
Posted By wmarone
Re: Help something is wrong with my N900!

Just a side question, did you overclock your device? Also (since we can,) mind opening up the terminal and typing in "dmesg" and posting it if possible?
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2011-11-16, 05:11
Replies: 8
Views: 5,428
Posted By wmarone
Re: IOS vs. Android all looking at Meego

It depends on what you're after. Certainly, I'm here because of the N900 and what it brought to the table in terms of giving me control, and with Mer/Nemo, it's closer to perfect than anything else....
Forum: General 2011-10-08, 03:32
Replies: 3
Views: 2,220
Posted By wmarone
Re: 237mb or 256mb? 'free' command shows 237

Please keep in mind that some RAM is in use by the kernel, and that RAM is not available to user space applications.
Forum: Alternatives 2011-10-03, 14:59
Replies: 494
Views: 254,248
Posted By wmarone
Re: Cordia : Maemo5 UI on top MeeGo Core

Ah, ok. Yeah I know there's a variety of wifi chips with their own problems, I thought you had stumbled upon something I wasn't aware of. In any case, things are quieting down at work so I might be...
Forum: Competitors 2011-10-01, 05:51
Replies: 10
Views: 4,982
Posted By wmarone
Re: Maemo on kindle fire?

Yes, the goal was to upstream the necessary board files and drivers (where necessary,) which meant taking the 2.6.32 sources and cherry picking all the useful bits. Unfortunately this also requires a...
Forum: Competitors 2011-10-01, 04:35
Replies: 10
Views: 4,982
Posted By wmarone
Re: Maemo on kindle fire?

Stalled :(

Prior obligations on my and one other developer's part are eating our time and verygreen's working on some CM7 stuff for somethingorother right now. I do believe that martinez (I think...
Forum: Alternatives 2011-10-01, 04:30
Replies: 494
Views: 254,248
Posted By wmarone
Re: Cordia : Maemo5 UI on top MeeGo Core

Was there ever clarification about what wasn't open? At least the wifi is a rather boring TI device with drivers already in the kernel... only the graphics are closed as far as I can see.
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2011-10-01, 04:19
Replies: 201
Views: 73,157
Posted By wmarone
Re: Tizen?

Every solution I've seen people propose so far is basically Apple's .app style, which leaves you with multiple duplicate copies of libraries and wasted memory due to non-shared libraries. You can...
Forum: Competitors 2011-09-30, 02:12
Replies: 10
Views: 4,982
Posted By wmarone
Re: Maemo on kindle fire?

Not that simple. Too many core bits of Maemo are closed, you'd be better off taking some other Linux base and putting it on the device. Caveat is you probably won't get graphics drivers, which you...
Forum: Alternatives 2011-09-17, 03:10
Replies: 21
Views: 8,048
Posted By wmarone
Re: Windows 8 & WinPhone - how to counterstrike?

Microsoft neglected CLI tools for ages, but on the NT kernel they at least had a minimal POSIX environment. Considering Windows, the move to the NT kernel was probably one of the better jumps they...
Forum: Alternatives 2011-09-17, 01:41
Replies: 21
Views: 8,048
Posted By wmarone
Re: Windows 8 & WinPhone - how to counterstrike?

Considering things like noscript and adblock+ in Firefox aren't plugins but extensions (which work on a fundamentally different level) I don't foresee Metro hindering them.
Forum: Alternatives 2011-09-17, 00:37
Replies: 21
Views: 8,048
Posted By wmarone
Re: Windows 8 & WinPhone - how to counterstrike?

Linux will not counter. The question is if someone is willing to use Linux to counter. Microsoft is betting everything on this and banking on their desktop monopoly and name recognition to push them...
Forum: Competitors 2011-09-16, 02:02
Replies: 36
Views: 18,444
Posted By wmarone
Re: Asus EEE PC X101

The problem is in the CPU, and Atom chips max out at 2GB currently. AMD Zacate chips (C-50, E-350) support up to 8GB I believe, but won't work with MeeGo.
Forum: Competitors 2011-09-14, 23:14
Replies: 16
Views: 5,520
Posted By wmarone
Re: Geeksphone Zero

Maybe it's because this is the second phone they've ever done, and higher end hardware is harder to get at if you're a low volume buyer? Perhaps developing this has the given them the knowledge...
Forum: Competitors 2011-09-14, 04:50
Replies: 16
Views: 5,520
Posted By wmarone
Re: Geeksphone Zero

Complain all you want, but a device developed in this manner would be WAY more likely to see a non-Android platform come to it than any phone released by a major vendor.
Forum: Competitors 2011-09-08, 06:16
Replies: 4,676
Views: 1,288,079
Posted By wmarone
Re: The Epic Android Thread

Wait, wait. Rupert bought out Ziff-Davis?

I must have missed that. Say no more then.
Forum: Competitors 2011-09-08, 06:02
Replies: 4,676
Views: 1,288,079
Posted By wmarone
Re: The Epic Android Thread

Pretty much. Once Upon A Time it was a good magazine, but it's just an ad-filled pit these days.

I am more bothered by Florian getting press though.
Forum: Competitors 2011-09-08, 05:43
Replies: 4,676
Views: 1,288,079
Posted By wmarone
Re: The Epic Android Thread

ZDnet's over the top interpretation of the Powerpoint slide is quite amusing, and Florian's bloviating about bullet point 2 is just stupid. It reveals nothing we haven't known for ages.

It is...
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