On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 06:29:38PM -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:38:11 +0100 Timothy Murphy <gayleard@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Christopher Svanefalk wrote: > > > > >> Are there any plans for Fedora to follow Ubuntu > > >> in developing an alternative OS for Android phones? > > > > > What would be the point? For now, it seems a lot wiser to focus resources > > > on the standard release of Fedora. If Ubuntu Mobile gets any significant > > > following, I think it is better to let that carry the flag. > > > > Actually, I was only asking if there was such a development - > > I wasn't necessarily recommending there should be. > > > > However, thinking about it afterwards, > > I would imagine quite a lot of people might choose Ubuntu because of this, > > even if they don't intend to run it on a phone at the moment. > > There is some validity to this argument, however, from what I > understand, it is impossible to install a different OS on a > smartphone/tablet. All the cases I have seen are about running Ubuntu > within Android, or am I very dated as is quite possible re: this... > > Ranjan > I have a related issue that maybe someone can help me with. idon't have a cell phone; rather, I dont have a new, bleeding-edge cell because of my impaired speech. but I am looking to buy a small box or tablet. something that runs some variant of "unix" that I can install linux or android over and program. I've already got an eee-900A with 16gig of SSD. time to try something else that has [1] a keyboard, and [2] a speaker. I'm looking for some small platform for my "voice-by-computer" gtk-accessibility program for the speech impaired. any ideas? tia, gary > Send your photos by email in seconds... > TRY FREE IM TOOLPACK at http://www.imtoolpack.com/default.aspx?rc=if3 > Works in all emails, instant messengers, blogs, forums and social networks. > > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Gary Kline kline@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
