Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: Touchpad Gestures Now Shipping

Re:Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: Touchpad Gestures Now... by GhettoComputers on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:00PM (#29556711)

At least the OSX kernel is open source and easy to port to, Saurik and the early jailbreakers got apt and all the CLI tools on the first gen iPhone.

>There's still no viable FOSS OS for mobile/tablets. Not that they don't exist, just that they don't have the featureset and development velocity of Android and iOS.

Tell me what I can't do with Android that linux can do, I can do the reverse of what I can do on Android that linux on mobile can't. Its there if you want it. All the new Android phones are getting mainline. Check out my thread. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29373106

Sailfish has good Android emulation as well.

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Re:Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: Touchpad Gestures Now... by duped on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:23PM (#29557045)

I know it's changed recently, but for quite awhile the answer to "what can I do on Android that Linux on mobile can't" was "make a phone call."

That class of product issue is why FOSS is different than the marketplace. It's often behind in creature comforts/UI/UX and lightyears beyond in technical capability. Because FOSS developers spend time on things they care about, not about what the market does.

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Re:Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: Touchpad Gestures Now... by GhettoComputers on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:41PM (#29557334)

I prefer when FOSS piggybacks onto larger projects. F-droid is amazing, I have all the comforts of real android and the nerdy stuff from FOSS and root addons. I get the best of both worlds, great hardware for the price, great support from a good UI, and great support from the ports of CLI and nerds who also like to have their android phones be real linux computers.

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