Thread: Rant about not getting a decent linux handheld
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2010-05-21 , 15:16
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#12
Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
The N900 has done a better job at being a decent Linux handheld than pretty much every other Linux-based device to date. Everything else seems to be Android devices that don't really provide what you expect to get from a Linux type OS.
Yeah, you can't really compare Android and others to Maemo, because they are built on top of Linux whereas Maemo is Linux.

It could be worse. You could have bought a Motorola device that is so locked down you can't even root it permanently, much less load a Cyanogen ROM on it.
That's true. Even if there are jailbreaks and ROMs and what ever available, I want a device that's designed to be used freely. I really don't like the idea, that after every SW update I need to find a new crack to my phone just to use it the way I like.