i don't know about all mobile devices, but fairphone has a forum of alternative operating systems: https://forum.fairphone.com/c/software/alternative-oses
(i don't have actual experience of any of them, i'm just using the standard fairphone kola nut OS) h : ) On 23.05.2017 23:22, x wrote: > > oh.. operating systems.. > just had over a month of being on road and having to keep > technologically cheap yet light.. > hence still suffering android.. > > am i missing something or there is a complete and utter absence of > quality free operating system for mobile devices? > > rant apart 😃 if people need a light, Graphical and upto date os for > an old netbook laptop etc > maybe check puppylinux,? > you can get, in a sense, latest ubuntu or slackware running on an old > or new netbook > without habing to deal with the commandline bits.. > > ciao from brasilia. > aharon > xxx > > -- > Sent from myMail for Android > > Monday, 22 May 2017, 10:22pm -03:00 from Alan Sondheim > sondh...@panix.com <mailto:sondh...@panix.com>: > > > > > > It installed quickly for me. I think there's a way to get a > graphic os on > it but I haven't tried. Used to use Cygwin and still have it! > > - Alan > > On Tue, 23 May 2017, James Morris wrote: > > > It's only really the command line tools (which is still a lot!). > > > > I got quite excited about it at work where I'm using a few BASH > scripts with > > Cygwin on a regular basis. Unfortunately the Windows 10 > Anniversary update > > which contains the Linux tools consistently fails to install - > and takes 3/4 > > hour to not install :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > On 22/05/17 23:40, Alan Sondheim wrote: > >> > >> Fwiw, one thing worth noting - for those who are using limited > memory (like > >> my netbook), Midori's an excellent browser - > >> Also wanted to mention that you can open up Ubuntu in Win10 - I > have it > >> working there as well. It comes with the OS, > >> > >> - Alan > >> > >> On Mon, 22 May 2017, helen varley jamieson wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> thanks alan :) > >>> > >>> i have noticed how much less space the OS needs, & how quickly > everything > >>> runs! > >>> > >>> h : ) > >>> > >>> > >>> On 22.05.2017 18:59, Alan Sondheim wrote: > >>> > >>> I use linux on my older laptops; it's easy to install; in fact > >>> I'm on a Dell netbook now with only 2 gig of ram and it runs > >>> fine. One good thing about the OS is that you can install a > >>> different one in maybe 15 minutes, so you can tailor the linux > >>> distro to your needs. Fwiw, I use linux mint for the most part, > >>> lots of terminal stuff. > >>> > >>> Good luck with this! > >>> > >>> - Alan > >>> > >>> On Mon, 22 May 2017, helen varley jamieson wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> hi everyone, > >>> > >>> more than a year ago i wrote to this list asking for > >>> advice about buying a > >>> linux laptop. it took me a while, but i'm now > >>> happily working with ubuntu > >>> mate on a no-brand machine :) > >>> > >>> i spent quite a lot of time looking at second-hand & > >>> B-ware (ex-display) > >>> machines, & also at new models (lenovo, dell, hp, > >>> acer, asus, etc etc ... ) > >>> & got quite overwhelmed by the choice & variables. > >>> nothing was exactly what > >>> i wanted, & i couldn't decide on what to compromise. > >>> i had a couple of > >>> things that were definite - not bigger than 14", > >>> must have ethernet port, > >>> prefereably separate audio in & out; so that > >>> narrowed things down quite a > >>> bit, but still i wasn't finding anything that felt > >>> right. > >>> > >>> then i found a uk company that sells no-brand > >>> laptops with linux > >>> pre-installed (https://www.entroware.com). i could > >>> choose the hard drive, > >>> RAM, keyboard layout, etc & it arrived 5 days after > >>> i ordered it. i took it > >>> out of the box, turned it on, & started using it. > >>> the trickiest thing i've > >>> had to do so far was use the command line to get it > >>> to talk nicely to my > >>> printer - & i managed that without incident. > >>> > >>> i'm still adjusting to the non-mac keyboard > >>> shortcuts - it's easier to take > >>> a screenshot but more difficult to do an umlaut (?), > >>> & there are a couple of > >>> things i still need to work out. & one loss is that > >>> there are no linux > >>> drivers for my wireless webcam, so i'm back to a > >>> tethered webcam for now. > >>> but it is soooo much faster than my old mac, & i've > >>> found most of the > >>> software that i need. > >>> > >>> so if anyone else out there is also considering > >>> making the switch to linux, > >>> i say - just do it! :) > >>> > >>> h : ) > >>> -- > >>> helen varley jamieson > >>> he...@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com> > >>> http://www.creative-catalyst.com > >>> http://www.upstage.org.nz > >>> > >>> We have a situation, Coventry! > >>> 24 November 2016 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> New CD:- LIMIT: > >>> http://www.publiceyesore.com/catalog.php?pg=3&pit=138 > >>> email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > >>> web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 718-813-3285 > >>> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/up.txt > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> helen varley jamieson > >>> he...@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com> > >>> http://www.creative-catalyst.com > >>> http://www.upstage.org.nz > >>> > >>> We have a situation, Coventry! > >>> 24 November 2016 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> New CD:- LIMIT: > >> http://www.publiceyesore.com/catalog.php?pg=3&pit=138 > >> email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > >> web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 718-813-3285 > >> current text http://www.alansondheim.org/up.txt > >> _______________________________________________ > >> NetBehaviour mailing list > >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > NetBehaviour mailing list > > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > > > New CD:- LIMIT: > http://www.publiceyesore.com/catalog.php?pg=3&pit=138 > email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 718-813-3285 > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/up.txt > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- helen varley jamieson he...@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com> http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.upstage.org.nz *We have a situation, Coventry! <http://www.wehaveasituation.net/?p=1402>* 24 November 2016
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