Thread: What's the best Handheld gnu/linux machine for 2017?
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2017-07-17 , 03:44
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#118
Originally Posted by Jedibeeftrix View Post
frankly chaps, if you want a modern device competently made that includes a keyboard and linux then you might be best off pinning your hopes and interest to the gemini PDA.

yes, it requires compromise on the stringent list of demands you have, but it is precisely that inability to compromise that has left you fruitlessly pining for a warmed over 600MHz Cortex A8 device with a flimsy jerry-rigged keyboard beneath its 3.5" svga screen.
Yet another exquisite beauty.

That reads so attractively that I had to chase this for links:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/g...device-phone#/
= looks they are fully funded !

http://planetcom.co.uk/

but then I began reading the fine print:

What Linux distribution will Gemini run?
We are currently talking to a few companies representing different Linux flavours and we are considering a number of options but the decision has not been taken yet. We are also taking into accounts comments from the backers into consideration, including Sailfish & Ubuntu OS, which have been suggested several times.
The bottom line:
Linux hacked onto ARM device originally designed for crapware.

(Almost the same plotline as
Linux hacked onto *Trail device originally designed for crapware.)

Been there,
done that,
Nexus 7 and several other Android junkmobiles.

No chance in He11 everything will work:

Options - pick 2 that will actually work (reliably) on linux
after being abandoned inside the ARM buggery bag :
  • Wifi
  • 3G
  • touchscreen
  • GPS

And don't even bother fantasizing about
Bluetooth, camera, or accelerometers and their ilk.

PostScript:
Credibly incredible?
Their development discussion is utter non-existium.
At the least if you want to see what is going on with
Pyra or GPD you can go visit their community discussions.

Planet has top-secret need-to-know
thank-you-for-funding-my-lovenest
written all over the glossy fine graphic advertisements
in the context of being not-a-single-word silent about development
since the story about...

...their success in advertising 2017 April 20 .

"Caveat Emptor"
whispered inside the silent gloom of a deserted warehouse.

(Not sure if they hired someone from Turing
to help them find their way through the rough patches)

I remembered reading about this before and filing for rainy days.
Going back I found wicket's excellently concise post.
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