On Sunday, November 4, 2018 4:10:33 AM CET Leslie S Satenstein wrote:
> Kevin,For many many years (I am a grandfather), we had a telephone connected
> to wires on the wall.That telephone was propriatory. The telephone
> exchanges that run small businesses are likewise.Technology moves on. We
> must not stagnate. For an idea of changes.My washing machine and dryer
> have bluetooth, and can transmit use and breakdown notificationDitto for my
> kitchen oven, microware, dishwasher and refrigerator.If I wanted, I could
> have a robotic vacuum cleaner. Set it in the room and it will traverse the
> floor,learning to go around obsticles. Car safety, automatic braking, side
> danger warnings, and even self driving are within the coming decade.Is KDE
> going to stand still?
>
> Regards
> Leslie
> Leslie Satenstein
> Montréal Québec, Canada
>
>
>
> On Saturday, November 3, 2018, 5:32:37 p.m. EDT, Kevin Kofler
> <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Leslie S Satenstein wrote:
> > What if the future is Android on the desktop. I get more functionality
> > with my CELLPHONE than I do with Linux.
>
> That means you are dependent on proprietary applications ("apps") that
> vendors decide to make available only for Android (and iOS, typically)
> because it is easier to sell blobs or ship ad- and/or spyware-infected blobs
> there.
>
> You have to realize that proprietary cellphone apps are still proprietary
> software, even if the abbreviation "apps" sounds fancier for some reason.
>
> Kevin Kofler
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Proprietary software is incompatible with the Linux distribution model. I have
3 proprietary applications installed on my system: VScode, Mathematica and
Matlab. When I did the upgrade to F29 beta all 3 segfaulted. Linux is not a
static target platform. Android tries to pretend it is ... and failed badly.
Most android devices run horribly outdated and unpatched core software and the
deployment of updates by the phone manufacturers can take months even if the
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