Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

Though Nokia failed us in rolling out the PR 1.2 today, Ubuntu released their Lynx (10.04) today.... this at least makes my day.

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

even its not here yet, i agree with you!

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

It is out today, son.

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yeah but the final is afaik still not downloadable. hope it comes soon so i can install it today.

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

Well, keep your fingers crossed, then

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

But is the ARM version we can dual-boot on our N900 available yet? :) :)

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

its more like nokia failed linux. the point of linux is the kernel updates as it goes while new versions being created and let other software to update to it when they need to. not hold all the crap back n nobody could even possibly test their software. the whole bulk of periodic firmware release is fail already in how linux works.

ubuntu 9.10 for example, they kernel sometimes updates weekly if they need to, not hold the whole thing up until they think all bugs r squeezed.

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

here we go

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

good 'ol Linux is trusty indeed. In this case embodied by Canonical and their fine Ubuntu distro.

Nokia however has NOT failed us in any particular way today, since they never told aynone they would release anything today. All the rumor mongers has failed us (exactly as expected), since they constantly fuel the fires of unfulfilled expectations.

I await and look forward to PR1.2 as much as the next guy, but all the hysteria we see in e.g. the Speculations-thread is ridiculous.

If we should blame Nokia for anything, it should be the fact that they upgraded the build servers to PR1.2 instead of providing separate PR1.2 build servers, while still retaining the existing PR1.1.1 ones, so new apps and updates could still be released.

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

That was fixed about a week or two ago.

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

It's not that they promised an update today (because they didn't) but the general method of holding back fixes until a firmware release. It seems antiquated and does not go in line with general nature of this device and typical linux distros.

It is annoying to have community involvement to report bugs in public, but then fixes are held back in private for months and we're left waiting. It seems like a one-way street. The only incentive for unpaid labor (N900 owners) to report bugs is the hope that they will be fixed. When fixes are kept away from the affected users for no apparent good reason, the user loses the motivation to volunteer his time helping this company.

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At least it s not liked in Maemo 4 where all bugs got a "Fixed in Fremantle status"

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

assuming the hong kong launch went ahead, surely there is now a PR1.2 image on their download server for people in hong kong?

Or was hong kong a press launch and not a retail one?

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

Nerds!

Linux is for nerds!

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"If you don't know how to check your N900's uptime, you probably shouldn't own it."

lol

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

Basically that's my reason for owning it :)

"Can your N900 do X, Y, Z?"
"No, but... it has midnight commander!"

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

Boy you fell for that troll hook line and sinker. P.S. - I knew you couldn't stay away.

Re: Nokia may fail us but Linux lives on
 

lol

:rolleyes: