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2010-01-12 , 15:04
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Originally Posted by Matan View Post
But HAM allows installation of packages from repositories with no testing at all, so saying that removal of red pill mode is done for security reasons is a red herring.
I don't think it was done for security reasons; i think it was done because it makes it possible to do with a user-friendly GUI operations that have a good chance of breaking their OS.

I wish I could be so optimistic.
You have far more faith in developers than i do. I wouldn't be here porting apps and posting in TMO if maemo wasn't GNUish linux-on-a-phone.

Look at the direction things are going here. It's not towards more restrictive, it's towards better general user appeal and safety of UI and more openness of software. It's evolving to more distinctly separate everyday user experience from hacker experience without any signs of cutting off either of them.
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