Thread: Tired of Maemo. Want to use another OS.
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2012-08-02 , 09:53
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#23
Originally Posted by reinob View Post
My current efforts (though very slow due to lack of time) is to try to "Linuxify"[*] Maemo as much as I can, while keeping the useful bits (e.g. being able to make a call).
[*] In the good sense of the word. Like Linux about 10 years ago or so. Before it became a bad copy of Windows and MacOS.
Really? I would not like to swap my linux kernel with the one from 10 years ago. Much better hardware support nowadays , faster startup because of systemd in my distro and so on.

Or are you refrerring to Linux desktop environments? I like my shiny KDE 4 desktop environment, and don't care some parts may look somewhat like Windows. But you can pick your own most basic non Windows/Mac-like desktop environment.

Somehow people tend to think things where better in the old days, but memories are selective. The (ICT) world changes at an increasing speed, if you like it or not. It would be better if people just use the stuff of their liking and complained less about components they (think they) do not like, just because it is different then what they are used to.