Are there any plans for Fedora to follow Ubuntu in developing an alternative OS for Android phones?
What would be the point? For now, it seems a lot wiser to focus resources on the standard release of Fedora. If Ubuntu Mobile gets any significant following, I think it is better to let that carry the flag.
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net wrote:
Are there any plans for Fedora to follow Ubuntu in developing an alternative OS for Android phones?
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What would be the point? For now, it seems a lot wiser to focus resources on the standard release of Fedora. If Ubuntu Mobile gets any significant following, I think it is better to let that carry the flag.
Perhaps it's a question of mission: de facto Fedora is a community-oriented proving environment: as software packages acquire increasing stability, they are incorporated into the RHEL and CentOS offerings. Ubuntu's mission seems to be a viable Desktop/Notebook/Netbook alternative to Windows and Macs.
Furthermore, RHEL and CentOS are standard-bearing quality offerings to those running production servers. Desktop presence for RHEL and CentOS is not as critical in priority.
The challenge, however, is where does an individual's master data (that whole gaggle of PIM, plus media, plus project-related stuff -- code, notes, writing, etc) reside: on a desktop/home LAN; in the cloud; or somewhere else?
With the rise of tablets and (increasingly) smartphones, master data centrality blurs, and consequently, the capacity of the OS and its various applications/utilities require that they be able to be hosted on a broader range of machinery (not just desktops and servers, but also tablets and smartphones). Or at least, the data has to be able to be sync'd across this machinery.
That's the sort of opinion that is sparked in me given this discussion.
On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net wrote:
Are there any plans for Fedora to follow Ubuntu in developing an alternative OS for Android phones?
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Christopher Svanefalk wrote:
Are there any plans for Fedora to follow Ubuntu in developing an alternative OS for Android phones?
What would be the point? For now, it seems a lot wiser to focus resources on the standard release of Fedora. If Ubuntu Mobile gets any significant following, I think it is better to let that carry the flag.
Actually, I was only asking if there was such a development - I wasn't necessarily recommending there should be.
However, thinking about it afterwards, I would imagine quite a lot of people might choose Ubuntu because of this, even if they don't intend to run it on a phone at the moment.
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:38:11 +0100 Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net wrote:
Christopher Svanefalk wrote:
Are there any plans for Fedora to follow Ubuntu in developing an alternative OS for Android phones?
What would be the point? For now, it seems a lot wiser to focus resources on the standard release of Fedora. If Ubuntu Mobile gets any significant following, I think it is better to let that carry the flag.
Actually, I was only asking if there was such a development - I wasn't necessarily recommending there should be.
However, thinking about it afterwards, I would imagine quite a lot of people might choose Ubuntu because of this, even if they don't intend to run it on a phone at the moment.
There is some validity to this argument, however, from what I understand, it is impossible to install a different OS on a smartphone/tablet. All the cases I have seen are about running Ubuntu within Android, or am I very dated as is quite possible re: this...
Ranjan
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 06:29:38PM -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:38:11 +0100 Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net wrote:
Christopher Svanefalk wrote:
Are there any plans for Fedora to follow Ubuntu in developing an alternative OS for Android phones?
What would be the point? For now, it seems a lot wiser to focus resources on the standard release of Fedora. If Ubuntu Mobile gets any significant following, I think it is better to let that carry the flag.
Actually, I was only asking if there was such a development - I wasn't necessarily recommending there should be.
However, thinking about it afterwards, I would imagine quite a lot of people might choose Ubuntu because of this, even if they don't intend to run it on a phone at the moment.
There is some validity to this argument, however, from what I understand, it is impossible to install a different OS on a smartphone/tablet. All the cases I have seen are about running Ubuntu within Android, or am I very dated as is quite possible re: this...
Ranjan
I have a related issue that maybe someone can help me with. idon't have a cell phone; rather, I dont have a new, bleeding-edge cell because of my impaired speech. but I am looking to buy a small box or tablet. something that runs some variant of "unix" that I can install linux or android over and program.
I've already got an eee-900A with 16gig of SSD. time to try something else that has [1] a keyboard, and [2] a speaker. I'm looking for some small platform for my "voice-by-computer" gtk-accessibility program for the speech impaired.
any ideas?
tia,
gary
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That is a better to have fedora on a tablet
Regards, Michael Leung http://www.itblogs.info On 12/01/2013 2:04 PM, "Gary Kline" kline@thought.org wrote:
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 06:29:38PM -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:38:11 +0100 Timothy Murphy gayleard@eircom.net wrote:
Christopher Svanefalk wrote:
Are there any plans for Fedora to follow Ubuntu in developing an alternative OS for Android phones?
What would be the point? For now, it seems a lot wiser to focus
resources
on the standard release of Fedora. If Ubuntu Mobile gets any
significant
following, I think it is better to let that carry the flag.
Actually, I was only asking if there was such a development - I wasn't necessarily recommending there should be.
However, thinking about it afterwards, I would imagine quite a lot of people might choose Ubuntu because of
this,
even if they don't intend to run it on a phone at the moment.
There is some validity to this argument, however, from what I understand, it is impossible to install a different OS on a smartphone/tablet. All the cases I have seen are about running Ubuntu within Android, or am I very dated as is quite possible re: this...
Ranjan
I have a related issue that maybe someone can help me with. idon't have a cell phone; rather, I dont have a new, bleeding-edge cell because of my impaired speech. but I am looking to buy a small box or tablet. something that runs some variant of "unix" that I can install linux or android over and program. I've already got an eee-900A with 16gig of SSD. time to try something else that has [1] a keyboard, and [2] a speaker. I'm looking for some small platform for my "voice-by-computer" gtk-accessibility program for the speech impaired. any ideas? tia, garySend your photos by email in seconds... TRY FREE IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if3 Works in all emails, instant messengers, blogs, forums and social
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