Thread: What's the best Handheld gnu/linux machine for 2017?
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gerbick
2017-01-15 , 23:57
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Originally Posted by Zeta View Post
"Funnily" may have been lost in translation (not a native speaker here), and not to be taken exactly as "funny".
I do appreciate the clarification and you are right. I did take it wrongly, but not as a negative thing.

I'm just playing devil's advocate there, trying to point out that everybody has needs/wants that a lot of device can fit, yet cannot find one that fits all : availability, support, OS of choice, freedom, open source, up to date software from big cloud companies, performance, camera, keyboard, screen size...
Yep. But in the end, the lowest common denominator here at least is that we do not want it to be locked into Google's or Apple's ecosystem. Or Microsoft's for that matter.

Main problems with the services you and other (me included obviously) need, is that we depends on the service provider to dictate us the platform they support...
You're 100% correct here.

And that's not something where niche platforms like ours have a lot to say (except using standards protocols).
Here's the issue though. We actually agree more than not; however the limiting factor is that with all of this skill and concern about security yet no solution has come forth that's greater than a terminal app to discuss these things?

Something HUGE is amiss here. But we agree - platform providers dictate to us all too often and shorten the lifespan of our already artificially obsolete hardware.
 

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