Re:The Pixel C was probably never supposed to run Android
by nextos on Thursday December 10, 2015 @08:05PM
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If so, I guess this would be a fantastic machine for running Linux ARM.
Re:The Pixel C was probably never supposed to run Android
by bch on Thursday December 10, 2015 @08:23PM
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This (well, *BSD) is what I'm interested in. It'll be interesting to hear from the Linux/BSD pioneers what the networking, gfx, and touchscreen support are.
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Re:The Pixel C was probably never supposed to run Android
by nextos on Thursday December 10, 2015 @09:55PM
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Except for the slightly odd keyboard (e.g. no Esc), this could be a fantastic machine for a keyboard driven setup.
That's how I use my MBA 11''. XMonad, mutt and friends.
But this one could be better.
Whatever the convergence plan is, Pixel C is the test hardware. The bootloader bits are in the ChromeOS tree. It uses Coreboot.
It's a ChromeOS device and I suspect it's future will include a return to its roots.
ARC in Chrome will be a better way forward for Android than trying to fix all of Android's insidious problems on the "desktop" and making mobile Chrome more fully featured. It just seems painfully obvious that Chrome is going to win.
It's better tech all around.