On Friday 25 September 2009 20:27:33 Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Paul Fertser <fercer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And in fact if anybody of those talking about bootmenu, multiboot and > > such really needed it he would have done it himself long time ago. I > > bet trying and tweaking all distros including Qtopia, Qtmoko, Android, > > H:1 etc etc took them 10x time required to build a minimal > > bootmenu. > > Well, this (statements like those above) is why the shoemaker's children is > still running around barefoot. :-) > (For those not catching the reference - the shoemaker can make shoes for > his children at any time, he just never makes it a priority.) > > Developers and users have different views of what is required to make a > device usable. > Unless the developers recognize that, and produce something that the users > find acceptable, the device in question will remain a gadget for > developers. > > I had hopes that I would be able to use my FreeRunner as a user one day, > heck I still have that hope. If that doesn't happen I (and probably a few > others) will be a bit dissappointed. > > Hm, i have my "normal" one on uSD and in case i screw something up i > > > just boot pre-installed 2007 from NAND by pressing AUX button at the > > right time (and yes, i can't manage it with 100% success rate but > > taking out the battery and trying again is not a big deal). > > Lucky you. I have tried the "press AUX button" trick a lot of times, I can > _never_ make Qi boot anything other that the default (first) partition on > my SD card. Like this: > - I don't press anything, the default partition gets booted > - I press AUX (hopefully at the right time), and Qi never finshes booting > anything (not in 5 - 10 minutes anyway). > > Someone said that Qi is unusable by "normal" users. I wanted to prove > > > it wrong. Speaking with my end-user hat on, Qi does exactly what i want i.e. i needn't even know its there it just starts my phone. > IMHO, you failed to prove anything. > I still say that Qi is unusable for normal users - it doesn't have a > reliable way for users to select which partition to boot. I wonder how many end users really want to switch between distros, i think most probably just want one which works (i mean real end-users some would call them joe public).
> If no developer wants to scratch that particular itch, the FreeRunner will > remain a gadget for developers only. Multi-booting (i except win/linux for games here as its not really applicable for the FR) is generally a toy of developers and "technical" end-users anyway (in my experience). solar.george
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