DistroWatch Ubuntu Phone review
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DistroWatch Ubuntu Phone review
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#2Surprised at how good this phone sounds!
Though I am not sure I have the courage to move from Android, it does sound like Ubuntu Phone could be a decent 4th player in the market now that FFOS is DOA.
I imagine you have a lot more flexibility for the software you write? Like, could I easily use Python + Tkinter to set up a quick "app" for my phone?
Basically, is this phone more of a small computer with Ubuntu, or a different beast?
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#3I hope the ubuntu phone fulfills the promise that FirefoxOS had. FFOS was killed due to a spiral of very low spec hardware and no real third-party development.
Being able to hack on the phone using scripts at a moment's notice is not something any phone currently provides.
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#4I do miss my Nokia n900 running Maemo, this might be as close to a replacement as it'll get. Just need a phone with a good built in keyboard.
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#5How does distrowatch gets the "page hits" for all the distros's websites? or are those "page hits" initiated from within distrowatch?
(surprised to see Mint at the top)
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#6> About 1GB of memory is required to run the phone with its default scopes and settings, leaving us about 2GB of space for applications and other features.
I did not see this coming. I was under the impression that moving away from a JVM would have lowered the memory requirements.
A comparison of the two versions of Meizu Pro 5, Android and Ubuntu, would have been useful too. I am curious if the move away from the Android architecture has changed the responsiveness of apps, or affected battery life.
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#7I do miss my Nokia n900 running Maemo, this might be as close to a replacement as it'll get. Just need a phone with a good built in keyboard.
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#8I do miss my Nokia n900 running Maemo, this might be as close to a replacement as it'll get. Just need a phone with a good built in keyboard.
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#9Surprised at how good this phone sounds! Though I am not sure I have the courage to move from Android, it does sound like Ubuntu Phone could be a decent 4th player in the market now that FFOS is DOA. I imagine you have a lot more flexibility for the software you write? Like, could I easily use Python + Tkinter to set up a quick "app" for my phone? Basically, is this phone more of a small computer with Ubuntu, or a di…
I keep hearing it's supposed to be pretty much stock ubuntu with a slick front-end and phone drivers. I haven't been able to try it yet though. I hope it is, because I've been dying to get an actual linux phone for a long time. Unfortunately this review was a little skimpy on what went on underneath the hood.
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#10How does distrowatch gets the "page hits" for all the distros's websites? or are those "page hits" initiated from within distrowatch? (surprised to see Mint at the top)
Tried Mint lately? It's been mighty fine distribution the last years.