Originally Posted by juiceme Not true; I don't have Android and I don't need it. u must be using nokia n900, n9 or freerunner. i have nothing but respect for you people.
Not true; I don't have Android and I don't need it.
Originally Posted by juiceme Now before you go and jump to point that libhybris uses android drivers, that is completely different thing; drivers are drivers and contain nothing related to the android runtime system. i doubt android drivers, everything related to android is a security concern. i dont have any proof. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...of-hp-laptops/ is just an example. there is a possibility that there could be something fishy like this in the android drivers too.
Now before you go and jump to point that libhybris uses android drivers, that is completely different thing; drivers are drivers and contain nothing related to the android runtime system.
Originally Posted by juiceme Yo wot? I have not seen anything promoted like that, can you be more specific? jolla showcased x with their own OS in the last WMC and that was promoting . imaginary unicorn arrows were pointing towards x and the geek people started buying x like its the last good thing left on the planet.
Yo wot? I have not seen anything promoted like that, can you be more specific?
Originally Posted by juiceme I cannot comment on that since I don't need to use android on anything. There are plenty of people who think that one should run some specific OS or environment to accomplish what they want to do; In my opinion this is pretty uninformed behaviour. i never sync my contacts online, i like to copy them onto the sim card but i cannot do this in sailfish. game over. thats it.
I cannot comment on that since I don't need to use android on anything. There are plenty of people who think that one should run some specific OS or environment to accomplish what they want to do; In my opinion this is pretty uninformed behaviour.
Originally Posted by juiceme I don't know about f-droid which probably makes me a non-power-user, then It is true that most of the high-end mobile hardware comes preinstalled with android but this is pretty much like most high-end computers come preinstalled with Windows or MacOS... it doesn't mean one has to keep the OS the device comes with the thing you have said is as easy as 1-2-3 for computers. you dont like win install linux, you dont like linux install another linux distro but not that easy for mobile hardware.
I don't know about f-droid which probably makes me a non-power-user, then It is true that most of the high-end mobile hardware comes preinstalled with android but this is pretty much like most high-end computers come preinstalled with Windows or MacOS... it doesn't mean one has to keep the OS the device comes with