I didn't know what I was doing though I've been a script kiddie since 1994. I like that I can run Xastir "on top" of my current Android distro and don't have to give it up.Next thing like I point out is trying to get externals recognized so I can use a TNC or another NMEA source.Also getting it behave more like a Linux "like" Android device with a "callable" keyboard and mouse moves with the finger. Like I've said, I used the small B/T keyboard and mouseto emulate a laptop so I can get working with it quicker.This link is what I used but it may get scrubbed. xda-developers.com/guide-installing-and-running-a-gnulinux-environment-on-any-android-device/ Put https://www. at the beginning. I'm trying a BLU phone tonight. Kurt KC9LDH From: VA7OTC John Erskine <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [Xastir] on Android On 2017-09-12 1136, Kurt wrote: > Ok, > I can get the Android taskbar or whatever to come up by flicking my finger >up on the lower border of the screen. When I have the system running and I >want to close the LXDE windows, exiting outdoes nothing. The screen comes up >I hit shut down and it doesn't close. I pull up the "square" to minimize and >kill it there. I then go to the upper left Android pulldown and expose it and >it showsXSDL running and I kill it there too. GNU/Root I pull it up and hit >return. To get out of GNU/Root completely, one has to click on the X in the >upper right of the GNU/Root upper taskboard to kill it. snips > Kurt KC9LDH-3
This is all pretty amazing. I'm reading with interest as I recently picked up an 8" LG G Pad III (has LTE/3G & GPS and two USB ports) with the idea of more usable screen space than my Nexus 5x phone. I'm nowhere near being able to launch in to following this path, however the reading of it is most interesting. What I can say is, seemingly many Android apps: don't have a Close function, just won't close, may still be running even if "closed". and so on. One argument I've read is that there is this skookum power/app management capability in the OS - so, "it doesn't matter." Excuse me? However nothing of what you're describing there sounds elegant or functional. When desperate I choose Settings (flick the main window down a couple of times to expose the Cog Wheel on the or pull up All Apps on the phone, or swipe to the main window on the tablet), view Apps and chose a Forced Shutdown. Following bitter complaints and warnings I get more or less what I desire. Cheers, John VA7OTC _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
