RemixOS – Android for the desktop
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Re: RemixOS – Android for the desktop
#2This is really cool. What is the target audience? I have been thinking of making a custom in car computer and this seems better than a linux distro for that purpose.
Re: RemixOS – Android for the desktop
#3Awesome.
This sort of thing is what makes me hopeful for a Linux desktop one day-- that I actually enjoy using. I'm really excited to give this a try.
Does anyone know where to download or when it'll be available? Doesn't seem to be available yet?
Re: RemixOS – Android for the desktop
#4I feel like this is what Android would be today if not for Sundar Pichai killing off Android's laptop project in order to protect Chrome OS. The janky methodology of having Chrome OS run some Android apps is silly, when this could've been Google's path.
Re: RemixOS – Android for the desktop
#5Will it be open source? "Free for licensing" isn't quite clear. Will anyone by able to license access to the source code for free? If yes, what about forking?
EDIT:
Okay, this isn't what I've hoped for:
>Disclaimer: Remix OS is only licensed to authorized business partners and pre-loaded on specific product models of those partners;it's not intended for personal use.
Re: RemixOS – Android for the desktop
#6Awesome. This sort of thing is what makes me hopeful for a Linux desktop one day-- that I actually enjoy using. I'm really excited to give this a try. Does anyone know where to download or when it'll be available? Doesn't seem to be available yet?
Looks like it's available on their custom hardware, but not as software only.
From the bottom of the page:
Disclaimer: Remix OS is only licensed to authorized business partners and pre-loaded on specific product models of those partners;it's not intended for personal use.
Re: RemixOS – Android for the desktop
#7Awesome. This sort of thing is what makes me hopeful for a Linux desktop one day-- that I actually enjoy using. I'm really excited to give this a try. Does anyone know where to download or when it'll be available? Doesn't seem to be available yet?
According to the links in the top bar "Remix OS for PC" [0] is coming in mid-January.
[0]: http://www.jide.com/en/remixos-for-pc
Edit: apparently this will include windows and mac, so assuming it's going to be like a normal distro.
Re: RemixOS – Android for the desktop
#8Awesome. This sort of thing is what makes me hopeful for a Linux desktop one day-- that I actually enjoy using. I'm really excited to give this a try. Does anyone know where to download or when it'll be available? Doesn't seem to be available yet?
It looks like it's available to flash on some Nexus devices, and their own tablet is shipping within the next month or so: http://www.jide.com/en/remixos/devices
Re: RemixOS – Android for the desktop
#9Yeah, that's what you need on a desktop. A OS designed for "touch" with "innovative features" (which features were standard on a desktop 25 years ago).
The UI looks like a uglier clone of ChromeOS.
Re: RemixOS – Android for the desktop
#10This is really cool. What is the target audience? I have been thinking of making a custom in car computer and this seems better than a linux distro for that purpose.
>Disclaimer: Remix OS is only licensed to authorized business partners and pre-loaded on specific product models of those partners;it's not intended for personal use.