On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 11:18 -0700, Linuxguy123 wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 10:58 -0700, Kevin Kempter wrote: > > On Wednesday 23 December 2009 10:42:50 Linuxguy123 wrote: > > > On Wed, 2009-12-23 at 10:00 -0700, Kevin Kempter wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 23 December 2009 09:53:56 Linuxguy123 wrote: > > > > > So what is the smallest practical device that will run F12 ? > > > > > > > > > > How else could one run apps like Evolution and Contact on a small > > > > > device ? Could they be made to run on a Symbian device ? What about > > > > > Android ? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > The nokia N900 runs debian, you can open a terminal, tweak the sources > > > > and install things via dpkg. I have a co-worker that has one - it's > > > > pretty impressive. > > > > > > I felt foolish posting this question but now I am very glad I did. > > > > > > Is the n900 running Debian out of the box or did your friend load it > > > with Debian ? Is Maemo Debian ? > > > > > > What Linux apps will it run ? Does it have Gnome/Qt/KDE ? It must > > > support Qt apps because Nokia bought Qt. > > > > > > Has anyone here fooled around with putting mainstream Linux apps on the > > > N900 ? > > > > > > > It's Maemo Debian, came that way out of the box > > I've read a few posts about folks installing mainstream apps on it with > > success. I dont think it has KDE/Gnome, it's a touch-screen maemo specific > > interface. > > > > I'll know more in the coming weeks, Mine is due to be delivered today > > Please let me/us (?) know how you like it. It would be SO sweet to be > running Linux on our phones, laptops and servers ! One OS and so much > flexibility, not have to learn some new SDK, etc. > > We are quite disappointed with my wife's iPhone. Everything is so > locked up. ---- The Nokia devices are way cool but they are pricey. You can get an Acer Aspire One for $300-$350 and run a full blown Fedora on it (1Gb RAM, 160Gb HD, 1024x600 screen) The iPhone is what it is. I got a Motorola Android G2 about a month ago and I love it and it seems to have 'Corporate Mail' application which is specifically designed for Exchange server activity (but I've never tried it). Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
