Thread: Is there any real alternative?
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fatalsaint is offline fatalsaint
2010-09-22 , 04:29
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#54
Originally Posted by gerbick View Post
It does support AMD or Intel out of the box. The other drivers, like wi-fi et al are also supported out of the box (usually). So yeah... Ubuntu does have generic drivers on top of vendor specific and supplied drivers.
So does MeeGo.. with respect to intel based netbooks. MeeGo also has support for the N900 out-of-box and the Intel Moorestown.



Only difference... Nokia has never released their closed source drivers. If they had, my faith would be a bit different on how this will all play out.
They are right now.. every week.. with every weekly build of MeeGo. At least until MeeGo is able to distribute them directly.


Yeah, I could run Froyo via XDA right now; but to be honest, I've already hacked, probed and played around enough already. Voodoo lagfix, GPS fix, Media Hub from the Epic 4G, Google Voice version that came from the Nexus One, Market Access, et al... but you know, I know that Froyo is coming via Samsung and I'm going to be patient (or patient enough until there's a Froyo + lagfix + GPS fix + FULL market availability) ROM out there.

I cannot say the same for Maemo. If I want to make phone calls, use the web, use the terminal, continue with the experience that I expect from my N900 (that just sounds weird), then PR1.2 is it. There's no custom ROM's, nothing really outside of the excellent Nitdroid or a few other Debian hacks here and there. But those turn it into a tablet; which isn't bad. But I bought a phone (too).
This isn't so much the N900 not being a computer as it is the community hasn't successfully put something together yet. Maybe because those that are capable actually find their phones quite useful as is. The small closed parts we want to change we change directly (hildon-desktop modifications, FMTXd, etc.)

So really one could argue there is less "maemo" builds for the N900 as there are Android builds for Droid phones because.. well.. we don't need them .

Like when I was talking to STSKeeps... I want to be able to replace the OS, make the phone calls, et al without losing any functionality. Flash Player inclusive - I know, I know... Flash is Adobe, not Nokia. But I don't want to lose that unless I choose to do so.
Phone calls will be a requirement. Flash however is entirely out of the question for MeeGo. Ubuntu does not offer flash, you have to install it. And it's actually not a normal repository install either.. they've hidden it well, but if you ever watch the terminal output of flashplugin-installer it doesn't just grab a deb and load it - it actually has a simple script that does a wget to download the adobe installer and then set it up on your computer.

So in this case, you are squarely facing Adobe on whether you'll get it or not. If they make an ARM port for MeeGo - you'll see it. If not .. maybe someone will get the Android one to work - but none of this can be blamed on the N900, or MeeGo.

It does exist.
Not what I said.. I said it's possible - it's just not usually for the normal person to do. Working in a desktop and putting together the Desktop pieces are unimaginably easier than working within the tight compounded space of a laptop.

Wow.
Come on now..


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