Re: [SLUG] Nokia one-ups IBM on Linux marketing
While... it is cool ... I already run debian on my phone ;) (openmoko user). This phone is just cool, mostly due to the insane / awesome hardware in it + the fact its from nokia and running linux. I can't wait to see one in real plastic :) 2009/8/30 Daniel Bush dlb.id...@gmail.com: 2009/8/28 Adam Kennedy adamkennedybac...@gmail.com Hi gang You may have noticed recently that Nokia has decided to pack a fairly beefy Linux setup into their new super high end phone. What I didn't notice till today is that they've also had a shot at making the shiniest ad for a Linux OS yet :) http://maemo.nokia.com/ What they didn't show was this: http://flors.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/screenshot13.png?w=500h=300 That sold me right there (well for novelty value I guess). Imagine being able to apt-get on your phone. It's great (and a little suprising) to see a big company running with the debian system like this and leaving it pretty much open unlike apple. I hope they kickass with this product - although it's almost too geeky-cool to last/succeed. On one of the forums I was reading people were talking about making use of the Xserver on the phone to access apps on beefier machines - some mention of nx enhancements to X for slow connections. (yes, I also know about rdp and vnc) -- Daniel Bush -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Nokia one-ups IBM on Linux marketing
2009/8/28 Adam Kennedy adamkennedybac...@gmail.com Hi gang You may have noticed recently that Nokia has decided to pack a fairly beefy Linux setup into their new super high end phone. What I didn't notice till today is that they've also had a shot at making the shiniest ad for a Linux OS yet :) http://maemo.nokia.com/ What they didn't show was this: http://flors.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/screenshot13.png?w=500h=300 That sold me right there (well for novelty value I guess). Imagine being able to apt-get on your phone. It's great (and a little suprising) to see a big company running with the debian system like this and leaving it pretty much open unlike apple. I hope they kickass with this product - although it's almost too geeky-cool to last/succeed. On one of the forums I was reading people were talking about making use of the Xserver on the phone to access apps on beefier machines - some mention of nx enhancements to X for slow connections. (yes, I also know about rdp and vnc) -- Daniel Bush -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Nokia one-ups IBM on Linux marketing
Hi gang You may have noticed recently that Nokia has decided to pack a fairly beefy Linux setup into their new super high end phone. What I didn't notice till today is that they've also had a shot at making the shiniest ad for a Linux OS yet :) http://maemo.nokia.com/ Adam K -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Nokia one-ups IBM on Linux marketing
Adam Kennedy wrote: Hi gang You may have noticed recently that Nokia has decided to pack a fairly beefy Linux setup into their new super high end phone. What I didn't notice till today is that they've also had a shot at making the shiniest ad for a Linux OS yet :) http://maemo.nokia.com/ Adam K despite Nokia leading the scuffling of the inclusion of the Theora codec in the HTML5 specification: Some Slashdot commenters have pointed out that they have technical problems with Ogg Theora. That's a valid discussion to have -- if the W3C is going to pick a video codec, its technical merits should be discussed. But remember, that's not what Nokia is objecting to: they are arguing that Ogg is proprietary (it isn't) and that DRM should be part of a Web standard (it shouldn't). PDF link to Nokia's W3C submission, Link to Slashdot comments http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/09/nokia-to-w3c-ogg-is.html Marghanita -- Marghanita da Cruz http://www.ramin.com.au Phone: (+61)0414 869202 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
