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Post by: speculatrix on January 15, 2008, 07:24:40 am
What do you think you'll be running this time next year?
Title: Welcome!
Post by: craigtyson on January 15, 2008, 07:33:24 am
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What do you think you'll be running this time next year?
Development is the key.
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Post by: cortez on January 15, 2008, 08:58:10 am
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What do you think you'll be running this time next year?

Until Google releases more of the source code, I think the combination of Debian and Android is the one I stick with. My knowledge of C/C++ is far too little to develop things myself. My knowledge of Java on the other hand is quite good, so I like the idea of having the opportunity to develop things on my Zaurus, as long as time permits of course  
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Post by: jocasmi on January 15, 2008, 05:53:57 pm
I'm glad to see that our Zaurus can benefit from another Distro.

I'm just an end user  nor a Pro or Developer, but I'm happy finding more reasons to stay tuned.

Greets.
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Post by: speculatrix on January 15, 2008, 06:20:43 pm
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Development is the key.

very true... it depends on whether google are serious about making android into a mass market consumer distro (much as Nokia did with the tablet), or whether they're just trying to ensure that PocketPC/WinMobe/WinCE and Symbian don't get too entrenched?

I think Android is likely to develop quite well. In fact, I've installed it using cortez's installer to see I can be an early adopter, and also to get kudos at work since most people there are geeks
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Post by: undrwater on January 17, 2008, 06:58:04 pm
speculatrix:

is your 6000 alive enough to make an attempt with android?  I'd like to try, but I have a few other things to try before that.

It seems to me the layout of the 6000 is ideal for android...could be wrong...
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Post by: speculatrix on January 18, 2008, 05:23:37 am
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speculatrix:

is your 6000 alive enough to make an attempt with android?  I'd like to try, but I have a few other things to try before that.

It seems to me the layout of the 6000 is ideal for android...could be wrong...

yes, it is alive - just! I've still got a problem with the screen, the USB port is dead, and the battery is shot.

I would be very happy to try out android on it; I guess it'll need the 6000's kernel from angstrom, and an interesting mix of stuff from android.
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Post by: fpp on January 18, 2008, 07:53:12 am
I'm waiting for an (almost)end-user ready version for my C760... Its old Cacko has been gathering dust for three Nokia tablets generations now so it's ripe for experimenting, I don't want to part with it and would love to find something fun to revive it !
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Post by: adf on January 18, 2008, 12:38:47 pm
a stable debian (though not debian stable) w/ android ,given equally easy hardware management to good ole pdaxii13v2 could well be my next distro.  Of course there is a long way to go,and other projects at work too....