Thread: Alternative desktop for N900
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2010-06-18 , 02:55
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Originally Posted by kingoddball View Post
It's probably INSTALLABLE (if built for ARM), but it's not designed for N900. You wouldn't be able to access SMS, Phone, GPS, Camera... Anything useful.
That's why I do not insist on ratpoison. I want something workable.

Originally Posted by kingoddball View Post
Why not try install Android as a main OS and change the UI of android.
I want alternative desktop environment, not alternative OS.

Android would be difficult to install (like any alternative OS, if not more), slow to run (Java Virtual Machine), and it would be difficult to get apps for it (and to gain root).

It's a separate topic. I have already read enough about "Android isn't Linux", "Android is slow", "Android is nonstandard" to be glad that I have Maemo, not Android.




About changing user interface: I'm working on theme for Hildon which would expose Matchbox as it is, instead of using images here and there. But I would really prefer alternative desktop environment, which would have no fancy styling. Matchbox is good; GTK+ seems to be bad, at least theme-ing part.