Thread: When will there be anything that can replace my N900
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The Wizard of Huz is offline The Wizard of Huz
2012-01-08 , 21:36
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#43
Originally Posted by Hurrian View Post
By this you mean get $LINUX_DISTRO and install Fremantle Hildon-Desktop? Maemo needs a massive rework from the ground up, from the horribly written initscripts to the proprietary bits (and d-bus abuse). It's a lot better to start from a regular Desktop Linux distro, slap on the things that make Maemo look like Maemo, thus making a nice cushion of support for core components while letting devs focus on modernizing whatever components of Maemo we have (you know, like our multitasking that's still 9000 years ahead of everybody else).
Nice idea.
But how about a desktop linux distro with added phone functionality and possibly the Maemo 5 multitasking? Is less work.
And it does not have to look like Maemo/ have Hildon IMO. If the screen is big enough, say 4.5" to 5" ( like the old Maemo tablets), then maybe Gnome (with Maemo 5 like multitasking) is good enough. Gnome 3 is already tablet ready, that's why they changed the interface that much.
Most of my use of the N900 is as a tablet/PDA. I don't use phone feature that much.
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