RemixOS for PC released • Hacker News Board

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by petecox » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:09 PM UTC

lovelearning wrote: post #16

Anybody got this to work on VirtualBox? It's not moving past the bootloader screen for me, no matter what VM configuration I select.

Are you running the same architecture? assuming Remix is a 32 bit download.

e.g. I have previously had problems with virtualbox and a 32 bit guest on a 64 bit host (old cpu/chipset combo)

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by matt_morgan » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:11 PM UTC

dharma1 wrote: post #27

matt_morgan wrote: post #26

I have a little box for my TV running Android. The issue with all the apps is that 90% (looking mostly at games, I guess) of them more or less expect gestural input, and are either really difficult to play or just not fun with a mouse. I doubt that particular issue is as bad in productivity apps etc., but there's a lot more to running a mobile app on a big screen than just resizing a window. Does this have some magic…

It's really up to app developers to make sure their apps work ok (provide fallbacks if gesture heavy) for mouse. I think we are in a period where Android is just starting to get used with mouse so I'd expect it to take a bit of time for things get in shape for mouse users. Some apps work better than others

Understood who should really address the problem, but if RemixOS doesn't have an interim solution we might see the same catch-22 here as we often do. App developers will care about these things when it matters commercially, and consumers will care about them when the apps work.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by lovelearning » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:12 PM UTC

circuitslave wrote: post #28

lovelearning wrote: post #16

Anybody got this to work on VirtualBox? It's not moving past the bootloader screen for me, no matter what VM configuration I select.

Configured as Other Linux 64bit w/12gb of disk and 2gb of memory it booted for me in VirtualBox

Thanks! Worked for me on Win7 host, but not on Ubuntu host. Must be a Virtualbox bug.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by lovelearning » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:14 PM UTC

petecox wrote: post #31

lovelearning wrote: post #16

Anybody got this to work on VirtualBox? It's not moving past the bootloader screen for me, no matter what VM configuration I select.

Are you running the same architecture? assuming Remix is a 32 bit download. e.g. I have previously had problems with virtualbox and a 32 bit guest on a 64 bit host (old cpu/chipset combo)

I made that mistake initially, and then saw the "_64" in ISO filename. But still couldn't make it work on an Ubuntu host, only on a Win7 host. I suspect it was a Virtualbox bug.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by Piskvorrr » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:17 PM UTC

rplnt wrote: post #25

ivl wrote: post #23

Is there really a chart comparing performance on an i7 to a bunch of smartphones? I'm having a really hard time seeing the point of that comparison. Why not benchmark against other PC operating systems, like say Chrome OS?

Notice the units too.

I see what you did there.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by Zenst » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:17 PM UTC

matt_morgan wrote: post #26

I have a little box for my TV running Android. The issue with all the apps is that 90% (looking mostly at games, I guess) of them more or less expect gestural input, and are either really difficult to play or just not fun with a mouse. I doubt that particular issue is as bad in productivity apps etc., but there's a lot more to running a mobile app on a big screen than just resizing a window. Does this have some magic…

Would a trackpad that does the touch/gesture input not address and resolve all these set-top-box style arrangements?

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by Piskvorrr » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:19 PM UTC

lovelearning wrote: post #16

Anybody got this to work on VirtualBox? It's not moving past the bootloader screen for me, no matter what VM configuration I select.

Seems to be working - boots up to language selection (which I believe is a "normal" app), but won't let me choose any - mouse clicks register for language selection, but not for the "next" button, keyboard: nada :( Cursor only updates on LMB held down (with mouse integration and without). I think there's more work to come back to desktop-ish user expectations.

W7, x64, VBox 5.0.2, Windows guest w/ 1 GB RAM

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by mbesto » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:21 PM UTC

rplnt wrote: post #25

ivl wrote: post #23

Is there really a chart comparing performance on an i7 to a bunch of smartphones? I'm having a really hard time seeing the point of that comparison. Why not benchmark against other PC operating systems, like say Chrome OS?

Notice the units too.

The i7 does 214218 CPUs...duh.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by timwaagh » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:21 PM UTC

so this would be the first closed linux distro in history. An ironic milestone for the open source community. or have I missed something?

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by fps » Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 2:23 PM UTC

matt_morgan wrote: post #26

I have a little box for my TV running Android. The issue with all the apps is that 90% (looking mostly at games, I guess) of them more or less expect gestural input, and are either really difficult to play or just not fun with a mouse. I doubt that particular issue is as bad in productivity apps etc., but there's a lot more to running a mobile app on a big screen than just resizing a window. Does this have some magic…

Lots of android games play well with a bluetooth or USB controller instead of a mouse. You can easily hook an XBox or PS4 controller to a PC.