Fully agree with this email. Even though Nokia generally blows, the N900 is more open than most other devices on the market. I need to find something at least as FOSS friendly to replace it with.
~Jeff Hoogland ----- Original message ----- > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 22:03, Jeff Hoogland <jeffhoogl...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Are there any handsets out there that use LiMo currently? > > There is a bigger number of LiMo devices out there, sold exclusively > by Vodafone as "Vodafone 360" with the devices Samsung H1 (SGH-i8320, > aka protector) and the Samsung M1 (SGH-i6410). > These devices use the whole LiMo pre-4 stack, so a GNU/Linux variant > with gtk/clutter GUI without EFL and a Vodafone UI, based on > gtk/clutter, too. > However, despite the use of a ton of open source software, these > devices are completely locked down, it is not easily possible to run > own software on it, and practically not possible to develop software > for it as a individual without getting some kind of license. > > There might be other, locked down, LiMo devices out there, too. > > To be honest: I'm still not convinced, that EFL based LiMo4 will be > all that different, at least with previous LiMo variants the goal was > not to get open devices with open source software to the people, the > goal was to get operators and manufacturers an open source OS that > they could change to their needs to maximize their profit, similar to > the concept behind android. All of them run proprietary UIs that do > not allow 3rd party GUI applications (and practically not any other > 3rd party applications, though that is at least possible due to > lacking security measures). > > Anyway, I hope Samsung realizes that there is no place for this > business model besides android and "windows phone" (hell, there might > not even be place for the latter, despite the enormous amount of money > and the huge brand name put into it) and they give the open source > community the chance to do something great, by providing proper > hardware with a proper and open OS. > > I'm partially excited that there is the possibility we could get that, > but on the other hand I'm a realist, not an idealist, so I know that > the chance is rather slim, as history has shown. > I guess we all have to put our faith into raster and all the other > open source enthusiasts involved in the project (shout out to all the > nice samsung guys participating here!), that they can convince the > management to do the right thing (or maybe already have). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
