On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 7:25 PM, J T Dsouza <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Priyanka Sarkar <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> We value and always love to have your thoughts on our story. We did get >> an interesting set of comments from you all on our last story idea ' How >> important are FOSS certifications when it comes to the job market?' We >> have incorporated your views/ opinions in the story and we will soon >> share the article with you. (This is scheduled for our forthcoming print >> edition). >> Well, we bring you another idea and we would appreciate if you share >> your thoughts on the same. The latest news that is generating a lot of >> buzz in the open source circuits is that Linux and Mozilla smartphones >> may hit the markets this year! So this prompts us to come up with a >> volley of questions...'If phones based on Linux and Mozilla OS make >> their way in the market, which open source OS you would prefer to switch >> on to..and why.?' (Linux, Mozilla, Ubuntu or will you stay with >> Android?)..Do you see this a long term threat to Android? What's your >> take on the same? >> > > Incorrect question mozilla runs on linux, Ubuntu runs on linux, and > android runs on linux. > Linux runs on a cpu + parts. > > If you are comparing distros, a distro which does not have androidisms aka lockdowns introduced which prevent a customer from installing and using whatever he pleases would definetly be preferred over one that has such lockdowns. The biggest drawback of android is the absence of a huge number of applications that are standard in any regular linux distro. Given the enormous leap in handheld devices processing capability, the need for a VM that prevents processor saturation is almost passe. Consequently any regular distro would be preferable to android. > >> >> Please let us know! >> >> Regards, >> >> Priyanka >> -- >> http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >> > > -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
