13 Oct
2010
13 Oct
'10
7:08 a.m.
On 13 Oct 01:36, Dan wrote:
On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Chris G wrote:
Does anyone hare have an Android based phone and use it with Linux on their desktop?
Since we're on the subject, I've been thinking of getting a smartphone, and am confused in a number of ways...
- The "license model" entries on Wikipedia suggest that Android is closer to being a pure open-source operating system than Maemo; mailing list chatter, on the other hand, suggests it's the other way round. Anyone know which it is, please?
The Maemo system is just a linux system, "rooting" it involves installing one package that is in the official repositories. The system itself uses X11 and a window manager. And the kernel is closer to a mainline kernel than the Android kernel.
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