Android

[desiv]

Are you an Android fan?

I'm torn there..
Longtime Linux fan, so I'm glad there's an OS variant that is gaining traction.
It has some nice features...
Fragmentation doesn't bother me...
Most people will use it for what it has available for their phone model...

So, win win?

Not totally...  Why?  
It's bloated...

It has to be the most bloated and slow Linux OS I've seen...

I have fun with my Android tablet, but forget rebooting it.
Takes well over a minute to boot.

My Nokia 770 tablet running Maemo (debian variant), about 10 seconds.

My 770 plays Neo Geo emulated games really well...
My "slow" (twice as fast as the 770) Android tablet barely runs any emulators, and not with sound..

It's not the hardware..  It's the OS...

Maybe you have to slow down a machine to a crawl to make it appeal to the masses, but it just bugs me...

I still hope it succeeds..  But it bugs me nonetheless..  ;-)

desiv

[desiv]

It's an interesting hack.
If you have a super powerful phone, it's a neat add-on for Android..

But it runs on Android, it doesn't replace it..

For me, that makes it a neat project, but not much beyond that...

desiv

[desiv]

QWERTY keyboard

You mean like these: http://www.androidauthority.com/best-keyboard-qwerty-android-phones-2012-55315/

(I thought I made this point clear already).

Ouch.. :rant:
He was just asking.  
I thought it was a valid question, as they have phones with qwery keyboards, so there might be some other features you have issues with?

desiv

[desiv]

Interestingly enough I'm currently trying to get FS-UAE to compile on my Raspberry Pi...

Kind of like this:
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?p=327101&highlight=raspberry+uae#post327101

;-)

desiv

[desiv]

If you can't see where android copies iOS then that's your problem, the similarities are obvious!

Similarity != copying..

That being said, I think everyone copies everyone else...

iOS is fairly nice..

Android should be better..

And what the world needs now, is love sweet love...

;-)

desiv