Re: Android (Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore?)

2011-07-25 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 07:30:08PM +0200, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > Op 25-7-2011 18:59 schreef Chad Perrin: > >>So the problem is not a missing app, it is more of the usual "vendor > >>lock" stuff. > >There's that -- but there's also a lot of missing applications. > > HTC is removing the root lock

Re: Android (Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore?)

2011-07-25 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
Op 25-7-2011 18:59 schreef Chad Perrin: So the problem is not a missing app, it is more of the usual "vendor lock" stuff. There's that -- but there's also a lot of missing applications. HTC is removing the root lock protection soon. ___ freebsd-quest

Re: Android (Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore?)

2011-07-25 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 02:27:08AM +0200, Jerome Herman wrote: > > Most androids phone already do have a quite useful and complete shell, > the main problem is that most phone are actually root locked. Namely > you cannot get any access to nay interesting without getting an "access > denied". Ther

Re: Android (Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore?)

2011-07-24 Thread Jerome Herman
On 24/07/2011 15:41, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: There_is_ a development kit. I have no idea what-all is involved in setting it up, but if someone were sufficiently motivated it would presumably be possible to develop an app to provide access to bash (and thence any other desired command-line

Re: Android (Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore?)

2011-07-24 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 06:41:57AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Chad Perrin wrote: > > > If Android actually exposed more of the Linux underpinnings > > it might be somewhat useful to me ... > > There _is_ a development kit. I have no idea what-all is involved > in setting it up, but i

Re: Android (Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore?)

2011-07-24 Thread Chad Perrin
On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 09:48:46AM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Sunday, July 24, 2011 a las 06:41:57AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com > escribió: > > Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > > > If Android actually exposed more of the Linux underpinnings > > > it might be somewhat useful to me ... > >

Re: Android (Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore?)

2011-07-24 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Sunday, July 24, 2011 a las 06:41:57AM -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com escribió: > Chad Perrin wrote: > > > If Android actually exposed more of the Linux underpinnings > > it might be somewhat useful to me ... > > There _is_ a development kit. I have no idea what-all is involved > in sett

Android (Re: 2020: Will BSD and Linux be relevant anymore?)

2011-07-23 Thread perryh
Chad Perrin wrote: > If Android actually exposed more of the Linux underpinnings > it might be somewhat useful to me ... There _is_ a development kit. I have no idea what-all is involved in setting it up, but if someone were sufficiently motivated it would presumably be possible to develop an a