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Cosmo Communicator - Android / V22 is out.
« on: June 22, 2020, 11:28:12 am »
Looks like everyone tries to update CODI after android. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
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Well, I do keep it open, on my nightstand, as I use it as a manual sleep tracker
Now, after four months of usage, I'm getting my first problem with the hinge. Not a squeak, but rather a..."snap" when opening the cosmo to "fully open" position. Another snap comes when I start closing it. It's like there's plastic bending somewhere.
I really wish they'd open up the architecture a bit...Why would not they open architecture completely? This is a device that supposed to support linux without android. Where is this linux community they keep referring to. It is more like secret society. Nothing like open source community
As for the keyboard, I think if I'm thumb-typing anyway an onscreen keyboard is no better or worse than the physical oneNot quite -- physical keyboard does not use screen space, which for me makes a big difference, especially when using terminal. But yeah, some bluetooth keyboards can complement the screen-only devices quite well, especially compact foldable kind. I used this one and liked it a lot.
Now they've got another innovative form factor in the Astro Slide.I seriously do not feel Astro form factor is very innovative - its just a bar(brick) phone with keyboard slapped underneath. Does not excite me.
I was using vim under termux today with plugins/setup from my x86 box, and was unpleasantly surprised with function keys (alt-number) not working. They do work in the same session in other programs, such as mc. Anyone has any opinion - why vim is different? Thanks
- alt-1 through alt-0
F1 through F10
Although about 12 years ago (boy, time flies.....) I had the HTC Shift for awhile, similar slide and tilt up screen....worked fine, but only had it for about a year, if that.....I probably had a sprint version of that same model at about that time - for sprint it was called just htc pro. I actually still have it. So i pulled it out from the box at storage and tested its sliding action. And here is what I found - it does get jammed in the middle of slide if you push on one side. Then I've recalled that familiar physical action pushing it forward with two thumbs on both sides - that works quite well. Pushing it in the middle with one finger has variable success - probably that is why two thumb push feels so familiar. The phone is much smaller though - gosh, it feels really small compared to modern phones.
To stay in business, I think they pretty much had to launch another campaign, and hope it won't be quite as messy as the other ones. That may divert some resources away from fixing firmware bugs in the Cosmo and Gemini, but other than shutting down, I don't think they had that much of a choice.
On the other hand, clever hinges has been a theme since the days of the Psion Series 3, so if anyone can dot it, I'd bet on Martin Riddiford.
Another question: I hate KDE. Is it possible to install Gnome pour any other graphical environment ?