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On 04/12/15 15:52, Barry Drake wrote: > On 04/12/15 15:16, Liam Proven wrote: >> I talked to the Tizen people at LinuxCon Europe in October.> It >> is not as locked-down as all that, not for developers. But bear >> in mind, it's for semi-embedded use, for locked-down >> single-function or narrow-function devices with a rich UI. It's >> not a desktop distro or one for the end-user to get in and >> customise. > > I took a further look this morning. It is impossible (almost) to > get Android apps without going via Google Play. In order to use > Google Play, you have to give a Google login, and that means a > Google account with all the information grabbing they do. The > outside sources (Amazon is one), have a very limited range of apps, > most of which are not for serious work. > > I've looked at both Tizen, and Sailfish Maybe that's a good reason > for Ubuntu's lack of enthusiasm for an Android layer. > > Regards, Barry. You can get free software apps (free as in freedom) from F-droid. https://f-droid.org/ Paul - -- http://www.zleap.net t: @zleap14 diaspora : [email protected] Documentation lead @ ToriOS http://www.torios.org Torbay Tech Jam http://torbaytechjam.org.uk Festival of Code 2016 1st - 5th August 2016 http://www.yrs.io -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlaXjH8ACgkQaggq1k2FJq1v+wCeNHZi47SE7/uNiFA6vNcp9hQk GsgAnRojPB/8vZmVmn6cWfUBPb76Rldr =fYZP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
