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	frostbyte	2011-02-04 , 22:42
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Originally Posted by Rav

The thing is, I wouldn't see such a concept in direct competition with iOS, as it is simply as mass market solution that is seriously flawed when it comes to the needs of a power user.

While I would love a handset with full-on, no-holds-barred, pure linux distro with a phone capability, the mass doesn't. So mass market solution is not a problem, we, the "super users", geeks whatever you want to call us, are the problem. We don't pay Nokia's bills, the mass market does.

Originally Posted by Rav

I don't think this is true at all, especially when talking about Linux, you can start with a minimal distro like Slackware or Arch Linux and scale up perfectly well without any bloat.

As an Archer myself, and a n00b at it at best, I love the idea of full customization and the KISS-concept. But with it comes a boatload of issues that the average mass market user will never ever want to deal with. They want out-of-the-box usability which means bloatware. Can't have the cake and eat it too.

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