# from Ali Corbin on Wednesday 13 March 2013:
I've used the fdroid app to find open-source apps for my android
devices. You can check out the selection from a browser thusly:
http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/
Nice. And you can see what version of an app is being hosted there
(could not see
If you guys are doing a bunch of typing and are looking for wired ethernet
capability, I'd suggest taking a look at the Asus Transformer series. with
the keyboard dock they effectively become an Android netbook. Plus last
time I checked they were well supported by the homebrew Android community.
John, The Asus tf300t, tf300tl, and tf700t models are android tablets
which will dock with what is essentially the lower half of a laptop
assembly containing an additional battery, full size usb ports and so
forth. the lower half will recharge the tablet proper. I have a first gen
Transformer,
I've used the fdroid app to find open-source apps for my android devices.
You can check out the selection from a browser thusly:
http://f-droid.org/repository/browse/
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Are Android tablets programmable enough to do open source tasks?
They look like media vending machines to me, not quite walled
garden like iCrap but focused on entertainment and social media
rather than constructing work environments with open source tools.
Over a couple of decades, I have slowly
Hi Keith,
To summarize my comments regarding Android below, you might want to wait
for ubuntu phone.
http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Keith Lofstrom kei...@gate.kl-ic.comwrote:
Are Android tablets programmable enough to do open source tasks?
They look like
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 08:19:23PM -0700, Patrick J. Timlick wrote:
Hi Keith,
To summarize my comments regarding Android below, you might want to wait
for ubuntu phone.
http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/phone
Excellent comments, thanks for a thoughtful reply. Since my
wife and I will be
# from Keith Lofstrom on Tuesday 12 March 2013:
They look like media vending machines to me,
The are. Out of the box, they are very geared to consuming, not
hacking. They are also very disturbingly skynet-enabled.
The tasks I have in mind are: typing notes for later upload to
a server,
