Re: [tlug] shopping for a 7" tablet; non-Android linux on tablets...

["Nikolay Elenkov" <nick@example.com>]

2013年 6月 7日（金）3:58 pm に Kalin KOZHUHAROV さんは書きました：
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Nikolay Elenkov <nick@example.com> wrote:

>
> My short list:
> temrinal
> ssh
> on-screen kbd + ime
> browser
> media-player
> running remote X apps

You can get those on stock Android.

> may be nfs-client
> ...

This should also work, but never tried it.

> gcc toolchain :-)
>

Something like this should do, but you get bionic instead of libc.
Also compiling autoconf, etc. apps is far from trivial.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.n0n3m4.gcc4droid


>>
> I have been reading a bit about Android way of doing things, but so
> far I cannot see a reason to have it on a tablet.

Big screen, movies, games, books, etc. Android was created for phones and
tablet support was cobbled together to compete with the iPad. It is pretty
decent nowadays though.

> And I am still puzzled as to why isn't standard linux suited for
> tablets...
>

Linux GUIs are a mess :) X is for distributed computing, etc. Canonical is
reportedly working on something for their next 'phablet' Ubuntu version,
which might change things a bit.

One of the reasons Android is taking off on all sorts of devices is the
standardized GUI toolkit + tools. Linux never got that right. And probably
never will, even Miguel de Icaza uses a Mac nowadays :)