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t-b is offline t-b
2016-01-09 , 19:55
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#121
Originally Posted by jurop88 View Post
On n900 I am missing only a 'real' offline navigator application and an up-to-date browser, otherwise there will really not be any drawbacks for my use case. Do not forget we are talking about a 7 years old phone, now! What a great device the Nokia team designed...
Modrana is great and provides good (semi-offline) navigation on the N900. Who knows maybe MartinK will be able to support fully offline navigation one day as well. Until then I am glad with what we have - without Modrana the N900 would be definitely be a lot less interesting.
It is possible to use an up-to-date browser with Easy Debian - terribly slow but nevertheless it can be a life safer.
 

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2016-01-09 , 19:59
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#122
Originally Posted by smoku View Post
GPD XD could be a cheap replacement for OpenPandora/Pyra.
One of the most important 'features' of the Pyra/Pandora is the keyboard. This could replace a PSP / NDS but not a Pandora/Pyra.
 

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2016-01-09 , 21:55
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#123
Originally Posted by smoku View Post
Check 'gtk3' branches in https://github.com/orgs/Cordia repos.

I even got it pretty much working:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK_hwhNe4g8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxG40LvV9A4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbBmfqQrsFg
Already done. Thank you anyway.

Forked Cordia gtk3 branches. Updated most of libhildon to 3.14. hildon-desktop partially rebased on 3.14 and runs but is a little glitchy from clutter-1.2x work. The animation code has been depreciated and replaced at least twice and there's not a lot of up to date examples.

Started ripping out gconf in some apps. Anything else is ported from cssu sources (hildon-home, status-menu).
 

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2016-01-09 , 23:30
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#124
Another Intel Bay Trail with battery but running Ubuntu 14.04
No Sound yet? but looks promising
http://liliputing.com/2015/05/clouds...r-windows.html

Why dont they use the size and make a small keyboard with a trackpad on top so you have a ubuntu pc with any mobile or tablet?,
not just with the n900.
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2016-01-10 , 00:20
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#125
Originally Posted by smoku View Post
GPD XD could be a cheap replacement for OpenPandora/Pyra. (Putting a Mer/libhybris on)
http://domadis.com/wp-content/upload...-pc-gpd-xd.png

If only they would release the kernel source for the device.

I wonder if Amazon could be held liable of GPL violation of Linux kernel as they sell these devices. ;-)
I can live with a device with no keyboard, but I draw the line at a device with room for a keyboard, but no keyboard. This is too purely a game device for me.
 

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2016-01-10 , 00:26
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#126
Originally Posted by pythoneye2 View Post
Another Intel Bay Trail with battery but running Ubuntu 14.04
No Sound yet? but looks promising
http://liliputing.com/2015/05/clouds...r-windows.html

Why dont they use the size and make a small keyboard with a trackpad on top so you have a ubuntu pc with any mobile or tablet?,
not just with the n900.
This is nice, but hardly an N900 replacement - it has no display!
 

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2016-01-10 , 00:35
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#127
Originally Posted by Ken-Young View Post
This is nice, but hardly an N900 replacement - it has no display!
The n900 has a keyboard and a "display" and wifi (vnc).
I guess you want to carry the best phone in the world anyway which has wifi too!

Nothing will replace a n900 at the moment!

For me its too big and i dont like Intel.
 

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2016-01-10 , 03:58
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#128
Originally Posted by Ken-Young View Post
This is nice, but hardly an N900 replacement - it has no display!
maybe add one resistive touch screen ?

Its a bay trail and probably uses Broadcom chips, which means you won't catch me going anywhere near it....

My take on the biggest hurdle with all of this is the keyboard.
I have a pile of those micro wireless and bluetooth keyboards
which I have tested and used,
but to be keenly usable they must be available for any boot menus - which precludes bluetooth.
This means wiring one of their adapters in permanently,
which should not be all that difficult.

Lose the Baytrail and Broadcom failures and this might be a path...
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One for development testing Chopping Onions
One for saltwater immersion power testing resurrected ! parts scavenging

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ISO8601 clock mod and Momental_IST clock mod

Printing your Email with the N900
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2016-01-10 , 10:56
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#129
XD might release a handheld with keyboard though. They are currently investigating and asking for input from users. I still prefer Pyra because of the great customer support from Micheal and the Pyra/Pandora community. This can become serious competition for the Pyra though, pretty sure XD will be a lot cheaper.

SOC: Intel X5-Z8500
Storage: 32bG/64Gb
Ram: 4Gb

Latest concept here
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2016-01-10 , 15:15
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#130
I doesnt understand why you didnt manage to get X running on Ubuntu touch:

I guess Xmer is Xmir and you failed somehow.
I always thought X should always be possible at least through vnc?
(https://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?...98&postcount=3)

If i consider your skillset
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...2&postcount=83
and look at Orrery wiki and source code (looks nice) and your financial position i wonder how can they make you not succeed? dirty details please!

Cant you just pay yourself(*) to get "easy debian" working on Ubuntu touch? Assuming you can still live with Ubuntu touch on Nexus5 [and considering software>hardware in gnu/linux]

(*) or someone else
 

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