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2007-11-05 , 12:28
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
I disagree here. The fullblown Linux desktop GUI just isn't appropriate for a device of this size or form factor. OS2008 will fix many of the porting issues by bringing Gtk up to date, anyway.
Ok, so maybe i have to clarify this a bit.
I installed KDE on my N800 and suddenly i noticed that there are a wide range of applications suddenly available to me which weren't available when i was using the N800 out of the box.

Examples are:
Kopeke, KView, KStars, Lots of games, Samba, KGet, KVirc, Mailody, Konqueror, KNewsTicker, Kaboodle, etc, etc

All these apps MIGHT be available or made available using Hildon, but i haven't seen them yet.

Hardware is nice, OS is nice, but it's the applications that make a device useful or not. At for me, Nokia has made the wrong choice to use Hildon instead of something the developers know. Unless the IT is meant to be for geeks/developers, of course.

Ton.
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