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Re:Mozilla has stopped all commercial development on Firefox OS by rocky1138 on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @01:16PM (#12591224)
A full Linux desktop screen wouldn't be used for long periods of time. The ideal situation is that we, as hackers, can build our own mobile UI free from the clutches of Apple and Google, and that you can just plug it into HDMI anywhere you are and get a full computer, which is something you can't do with any phone currently.

To your question regarding SMS, there are already people working on it. A Vim plugin sounds especially delicious.

https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/how-to-send-receive...

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Re:Mozilla has stopped all commercial development on Firefox OS by mmagin on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @02:05PM (#12591604)
By full computer, you mean something of 'low-end chromebook' spec. Usable mobile power management and thermal design isn't really going to achieve what you get with a good laptop or desktop.
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Re:Mozilla has stopped all commercial development on Firefox OS by rocky1138 on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @02:59PM (#12592098)
Very true! This hardly holds up to, say, a CAD$600 laptop. But, it'll be very handy to take traveling around the world or to visit my parents/nephew to play some Minecraft.
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Re:Mozilla has stopped all commercial development on Firefox OS by TylerE on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @04:51PM (#12593082)
You want a free-as-in-freedom portable device so you can play a closed source Microsoft product?
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Re:Mozilla has stopped all commercial development on Firefox OS by rocky1138 on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @07:01PM (#12593997)
Nobody's perfect :)

I'm preparing him for Minetest, though, if that makes you feel better!

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