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I was wondering if anyone that has gotten debian to work has then had success running OpenOffice, Maxima, wmaxima, or latex on an android tablet or phone?

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Nexus Prime anyone.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44sOtEy3xpQ
whatever it is will be sweet

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Now google will continue LG vision of a no button device which they started with the prada.

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I have no problems running LibreOffice. Never tried those mathematical programs.
Only thing I miss is a swap-enabled kernel - I still don't know how to get the sources and compile.

Hope today I ca shoot a video with an external cam.

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They work on easydebian for the N900 so I suspect they would work on an android phone with debian too. For latex on the N900 I installed Kile in easydebian, it takes ages to load but once it does it's fairly usable.

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Thanks, I hope that is the case. Since it appears that Nokia will not be offering any device I'm really interested in for now, I'd like to know how well the android phones and tablets can run Debian and accompaning software found in Debian repositores that I use. For me, having this capability really set the N900 apart from all other devices. I think the nokia phones are well built, generally more innovative in design and, as a result, seemingly do more with less. On the other hand, the new androids are performing as well, or better, but by shear brute force with much faster processors and more RAM. So, while using the N900 has been a fun learning experience for me, the hardware is falling a bit behind the times and I'd like to get an upgrade. As far as I can tell, Samsung and HTC do not seem to have a problem with allowing root access on their phones so they may offer some good candidates in the near future. If the right device comes along (perhaps like the SGH I927) I'd like purchase it with the goal of making it, as much as possible, in the image of my N900.

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Behold actual pictures of the HTC Puccini have been leaked
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/24/e...ort-confirmed/
notice in the screenshots their is a task manager and phone dialing application

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They should make OPERA the default browser on that thing. Just saying. ;)

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Finally quit arguing with myself and bought a Transformer last night. Not nearly as portable as a 7", but I am liking it. Need to root it today so I can get on to other fun stuff with it.

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Nah they need to use Lynx as the browser:D

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Google could reap $10.5 billion by 2015 by making Android proprietary, report says

That would be epic.

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EEE Pad Slider Guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3OOM...&feature=feedu

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I think the Puccini-Opera reference was lost on you. :P You may want to Google up those two words and get the joke. heh

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Ohh damn I was way off

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The 7" Galaxy Tab is getting Host mode USB:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1233072

Rejoice

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After using a 7 inch Galaxy Tab at the att booth I am absolutely convinced about the 7 inch form factor. I was easily able to slide it in my pocket and use it with one hand.

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Go back to the att booth.
Slide it in your pocket.
Walk off.
?????
Profit

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I need an help.
in a rooted Galaxy Tab, is rootfs (/) read-only or read-write?
Mine has become read-only, tried clockworkmod recovery but still stays read-only. It has been read-write at a time because I created a file on it some time ago which is still there, but now can' delete it any more.
I guess I should reformat it but clockworkmod has no option to format root. Only /system and some others.
Or should be it like that? Sorry if I seem confused, but I'm confused :)

EDIT: the Tab *should* have rootfs read-only, and I'm a *****, because while trying to "fix" this, I succeeded in making my Tab unbootable :cool:

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As a student this would make the IDEAL machine, if this will be sold for 400$ in the US, i will buy it.

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Hi debernardis
Not sure if this helps in any way

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1004478

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Well, clockworkmod completely borked my Tab (or more likely it's me who didn't do it well).
Thought clockworkmod was more foolproof - in the end, I only gave a restore command. After restoring the Tab couldn't wake up, only showing logo, and wasn't possible to boot into cwm by power-volume up.
Luckily I could recover the firmware with Odin and presently I'm in the process of restoring everything - or at least I hope so.
The Tab isn't much more reliable than the N900, in the end :(

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The existence of Nexus Prime is now confirmed, thanks to a cease and desist by Samsung
http://www.netbooknews.com/33801/sam...evealed-by-cd/
This device will be a true beast. Thank you Samsung

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Not sure if this has been mentioned before; however I am TOTALLY in love with MultiPicture Live Wallpaper... just dumped a ton of wallpapers onto my sdcard on my Xoom, set the folder, and they when I go from screen to screen, it changes the entire wallpaper.

Silly? Perhaps. Novel idea? More than likely. But damn it makes my machine feel like a different little animal. Just had a bunch of iPad owners go "ooh" and "ah" when I was looking for an app earlier today.

Been using Polaris Office from the Transformer on my Xoom lately too... loving it. And Sprinkle has me addicted. Great looking too. And the earlier linked WritePad Stylus has added landscape - all for 99 cents. It's become my replacement for Penultimate on the iPad almost 100% now.

MiniGore HD is coming out very soon - there's a leaked version out there if you're curious - and I can't wait.

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Hi have not posted for a while as was having a frustrating time with my Tab and the battery which made it virtually unusable without it being permanently plugged in. After a few minutes of use I would get a low battery warning and a few seconds later it would be dead.

Returning the Tab for warranty repairs was not an option as now live thousands of miles from the UK. Searched and searched for a solution online and the only one I could find was to open the Tab and take out the battery for 30 minutes. I read the instructions on how to do this and decided this was not a task I was up for. Took it to a couple of repair shops to ask them to open it up. The second place quoted a stupidly high price considering they were not guaranteeing it would fix the problem and were not the ones that came up with the solution.

Well after a couple more months of frustration at not being able to use my expensive device I decided to return to Google. Well I found a couple of posts where people said they installed the Overcomes Gingerbread Rom and that fixed the problem. Sounded like a much better solution than opening up the Tab so decided to give it a try.

Well after a week I can report that the battery issue has not occurred since and I have had no other issues with the device. Well done to the Overcomers team for giving me my Tab back.

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Dammit! Sounds GREAT but once again, I'm excluded as a Verizon CDMA Tab owner. F*** you, Verizon and/or Samsung! >.<

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http://www.bgr.com/2011/08/29/verizo...me-in-october/
More on Nexus Prime. Apparently it will be launched as a DROID for you Verizon users. Kinda like the Nexus one was relaunched as the Droid Incredible and Desire.
Also I wrote an article on the importance of Nexus Prime, Archos G9, and Omap 4460.
http://worldoftommy.com/?p=38
As I see it a 4.3inch - 8inch device allows one to be truly mobile but still have space to be productive (IMO that why UMPC form factors are best especially the 7 inch form factor), but lets face it screen resolution, ram, CPU, GPU, and storage are pretty limiting Omap 44xx and VP8 should help fix that. Just imagine carrying around a 7 inch Archos 70/Galaxy Tab/HTC Flyer type device with an active digitizer it would be a perfect mobile workstation in your pocket no longer needing to carry around a notebook for video and audio editing. Also I expect Ice Cream Sandwhich to be more feature rich and Omap 4460 run Ubuntu nearly perfectly. My thoughts but the better question is what are yours? Also potential Ubuntu UMPC anyone?

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http://www.droid-life.com/wp-content...prime-logo.jpg

I wonder when Motorola will release their direct competitor, the Megadroid?

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LG Optimus Prime ..VS.. Motorola Megadroid, Fight!
(also Samsung Star[scream])

I wonder what the Xiaomi M1 would be?

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:D WoooHooo! :D

Got my Nook Color Last Sat, got the mSD on Wed, Booting CM7 nightly o/c to 1200Mhz. :cool:

Loving it.

Started a Nook Color thread here in the competitors section.('cause I like this community)

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Except for the lack of GPS (no hardware) and bluetooth (no working drivers yet), it's an INCREDIBLY good device, isn't it? My mom, of all people, LOVES hers--it replaces her iPod among other things, now.

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IIRC the most recent CM7 has Bluetooth?!? Haven't tried it yet though....

Pre-cached Google Maps - matches what I was able to do on the N800... Now to look for a cheap android phone with wifi to run TetherGPS:eek:


Alternatively, if BT works...a BT GPS might be in order.

Looks like range is an issue...:(

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If they got BT working.. BAM! Keyboard, mouse, BT module, etc. :)

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From a quick read through last night....

Keyboard, mouse, BT GPS, Wiimote, PS3sixaxis ?(may have been a halucination) All work with a few caveat/workarounds.

Bummer: BT Headset = no go yet
Think it FC/rebooted when I tried to pair with my old jawbone...

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SIXAXIS? Awesome!
More Apple fanboys cringing is a good thing.

But BT Headset, Keyboard, Mouse, GPS, more good things to come.

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Ironically, all of these things --ALL-- work on my Motorola Droid A855 with CyanogenMod... so yeah.. it's just an eventuality for the Nooky, it BT is working at all! ;)

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Played with a Lenovo Thinkpad tablet the other day. It´s not Maemo/Meego great, but that boat seems to have been scuttled, so I just ordered myself the Thinkpad.

I´m a big Thinkpad guy, the laptops are more durable than any of the other ones I´ve had (HP, Dell) so I´m pretty optimistic the hardware is going to be well supported.

The Thinkpads are generally well supported so that won´t be a problem I think.

Oh and the stylus that gets stored inside the tablet is a nice reminder of the N900 :)

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Court Says Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Can’t Be Shown At IFA

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/09/co...n-at-ifa-show/

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I cannot hit the Thank you button for this news. Tragic.

"Hey Apple, screw you!"

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Heyyyyyyyyy...

Since when was North Carolina part of Denmark or Iceland?? ;)

Apple is clearly clawing at the ledge desperate if this is what it's come down to. GO SAMSUNG! WHOO!

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Here's a nice desktop image for anyone interested... ;)
http://pleco.org/heh/Apple%20-%20Why%20Innovate.png