On 03/20/13 09:15, Peter Gueckel wrote: > Ed Greshko wrote: > >> What is the advantage of running (K)Ubuntu or any other >> Linux distro on a smartphone or tablet? > I really couldn't say. I don't yet own any such mobile computing > device, but I was perusing some flyers yesterday and was getting > rather interested. > > I thought, what if I were to buy a smartphone (and/or a tablet)? > Smartphones are pretty powerful these days, with multi-core > processors and the ability to power large LED displays, etc., so I > wouldn't need my desktop and laptop computers anymore. > > So, I thought, before I really start to get interested in replacing > my current (static) hardware with contemporary (mobile) hardware, I > had better find out how to get Fedora onto it. > > To my great surprise, it appears that moving my hardware into the > contemporary mobile age means de facto abandoning Fedora. > > I thought that KDE Plasma was an attempt at getting KDE onto mobile > devices. You have to have Fedora (or some other distro) on the > device to get KDE onto it, don't you? > >> Do people wanting to do this simply want to do it in an attempt > to...? > > For me, wanting to do this is an attempt to move into the mobile > computing age, discard my old and redundant equipment > (desktop/laptop)... and still have Fedora! > Oh, so you want to eliminate your desktop and laptop and move to a single mobile platform with, ideally, Fedora as the underlying OS. Just my opinion, but I don't see mobile platforms (smart phones, tablets) as exclusionary devices but complementary. As long as there is a way to easily share content between devices and one is not locked into proprietary formats I'm happy. (I see folks have reported MTP being supported in the most recent kernels.) I personally don't see any advantage but I do see potential pitfalls in taking the route you're contemplating. -- >From now on, at least during winter time, Im going to blame all spelling an grammar erros on the cat sitting on my chest every time I sit down at the computer.... -- 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
