On Tue, 18 Mar 2014 01:44:20 +1100 Simon Wise <simonzwise@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 18/03/14 00:28, Dave Phillips wrote: > > > > On 03/17/2014 09:15 AM, Joe Hartley wrote: > >> > >> I have used Linux since the Yggdrasil days where you had to compile > >> everything from scratch... > >> > >> I don't miss those days at all. > >> > > > > I don't miss them nor do I regret a single second I spent in that learning process. > > Kind of related, but the other end of the GUI v DIY spectrum ... > > I'm only just now diving into Android ... this year's Samsung Note offering. It > is proving a nice device, 4 cores with an additional processor for the pen and a > very nice screen. But it's getting very frustrating looking at wizards with > three options, none of which suit, then scrounging around a zillion half-baked > apps available which may or may not do what I want. A bit like looking through a > zillion offerings via apt-get for the first time, but without the quality > control, man pages, web pages and community history and support that comes built > in with debian. > > Everything is GUI. Everything is simplified. Very little is possible at any > particular step, and the offerings are all context determined so the same path > will lead to a different set of choices in slightly changed circumstances. By > default, everything non-wizard-ish is hidden, mostly locked away by default, > there is almost no documentation. It's all plug and play, or not. > > The basic things it does built in are done well, the interface is well thought > out, flexible and effective, and with a bluetooth keyboard and my old Lifebook > pen which is proper sized with an extra button (middle click) all dealt with > properly and cleanly it is going to be very nice when I get it sorted. But > discover-ability is not there at all. Plus anything out of the standard "be a > good consumer" thing may require writing it yourself in Java, or struggling with > someone else's undocumented offering which suited their particular needs and device. > > Any hints appreciated ... an app called juiceSSH has given me a command line > locally, and ssh access to my other machines with a clean interface and good > keyboard support. And the wacom pen works very well, with very nice built in > support for handwriting recognition, maths formulas and such ... so the two main > reasons I got it are working. > > I've got an Xserver installed, XSDL, which looks very promising and a debian > chroot seems best but which method is the best? I've tested an app which has > gimp and inkscape on an xfce desktop, it runs fine, the device copes easily, the > (X display from XSDL seems better though, I will use it instead). It is > apparently just a debian chroot so this path will be successful. > > Haven't yet added an admin account, first I am seeing what is possible without > it. But the command line isn't much use, even man is in /sbin it seems. > > Hints from those who have been here already much appreciated! > > > Simon > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user I had a smartphone which was literally eaten by my dog, but before that, I used to download apps from the F-droid repos, which are mostly FOSS. IMHO Android sucks, but the apps in those repos at least don't bother you with ads and nonsense. To be honest, I'm happy I don't have a cellphone anymore... Cheers! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
