I truly believe personal computing will evolve in this direction
Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone
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Re: Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone
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+1! The way I see it, this is a "toy" (for the time being). The "2013 devices" makes me thing that this is a "toy" for people like "us" that have a Nexus rotting away somewhere and "it would be cool to fool around on your 30-inch screen and nothing more! It would be better if they would up-front say "this is not secure", "this is a demo", "this is a toy", "this is not the OS you're looking for". Imaginary CEO-CTO dia…
What's wrong with "2013 devices"? Nexus 5 probably has more alternative OS choices than any other phone available: LineageOS (based on Android 7.1), Ubuntu Touch (UBports continuation of the project), Plasma Mobile, Sailfish, and Maru OS. And what is the real benefit of having a newer device if the old one is still very capable of running modern OSes and applications?
You can add Copperhead OS to the list too -- https://copperhead.co/android/
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You should leave the default user's password blank on embedded Linux images! Why does everyone set them up with default passwords!? I'm surprised the raspbian maintainers have not realized this yet. sshd won't let you login with an empty password by default.
What percent of pi users don't connect a keyboard and monitor? I don't mind having a default password since when ever I've used a pi I ran it headless and configured it on first boot with SSH. It would make sense to force the pi user to change there password on first login, can't remember if this is the case.
If I remember correctly, raspi-config starts when you first login and that's a big hint to go and change the password. But after that there's something that nags you to change it but doesn't force you. I think this is entirely reasonable.
Re: Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone
#244I was interested in the merging of desktop and mobile OS many years ago. I don't understand why Apple/MS/Google didn't pursue this, is it technically challenging? or is this just not "something people want"?
Re: Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone
#245I was interested in the merging of desktop and mobile OS many years ago. I don't understand why Apple/MS/Google didn't pursue this, is it technically challenging? or is this just not "something people want"?
Well, Microsoft did try really hard, it was called "continuum", but the fall of windows mobile brought that dream to an end.
The other company that tried was Ubuntu, their effort was called Unity if I'm correct. That was axed recently as they needed to focus on profit-making parts of the company. Also, I don't think any mainstream ubuntu phone with unity was ever released.
Finally, Apple's strategy is clearly different, they see iOS and macOS as clearly different beasts, and will probably never try to directly merge the two. Data-sharing is the way to go for them.
Re: Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone
#246Re: Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone
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I don't have a separate computer. I only have one single computer for work and personal things. I use it heavily for both. If something happens to my computer and it goes down for a few days, I'm screwed. I personally would love something like this. Just in case I need to get some work done off my phone. I do no want another computer.
Do you not keep old computers as you update? Have you considered having a cheap chromebook backup or something?
No. I'm a nomad and move around all the time. I carry everything I own with me. I am not going to carry two computers.
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I just don't see the use case. For work, most people have a work computer and that's separate from their personal computer. Tons of people no longer have a computer at home, those that do are likely gamers, developers or artists that all have a huge archive of files they work with and require more power than a mobile device can supply. I wish these companies would stop trying and just make an open, mobile, general pu…
"Tons of people no longer have a computer at home" Sure, and those people are the perfect target market for being able to connect to full keyboard, mouse, and display from their phone without the need to buy another computer.
They don't want that. No one is sitting at a desk unless they're working or gaming. The tablet keyboard is enough and way more convenient for most users. There is a ton of talent and time being wasted on a feature no one really wants. MS, the only big company trying for this feature (and failing hard), can waste all the time they want, but the worlds needs a competitive open, general purpose mobile device and the projects keep dying because they can't figure out a good way to implement a feature no one needs (because there is no good way to implement a feature no one needs).
Re: Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone
#249Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just don't see the use case. For work, most people have a work computer and that's separate from their personal computer. Tons of people no longer have a computer at home, those that do are likely gamers, developers or artists that all have a huge archive of files they work with and require more power than a mobile device can supply. I wish these companies would stop trying and just make an open, mobile, general pu…
I don't have a separate computer. I only have one single computer for work and personal things. I use it heavily for both. If something happens to my computer and it goes down for a few days, I'm screwed. I personally would love something like this. Just in case I need to get some work done off my phone. I do no want another computer.
That's a really small convenience (if it is at all, I have my doubts) for such a expensive feature that doesn't have many practical uses. It's killing a lot of otherwise exciting projects.
Re: Maru OS – A complete desktop experience on a smartphone
#250I am honestly disappointed this is not a thing yet.
Years ago Canonical demoed Ubuntu for Android (http://musho.tk/l/666778c3) which was freaking cool.
Most phones nowadays have means to connect to displays and keyboard/mices. We have cores, speed and ram.
WHY ISN'T THIS A THING YET?
I have seen banks hand out expensive ThinkPads to people to basically use Internet Explorer and Outlook, plus company phones and stuff.
My speculation is that whomever gets this thing right first is going to make a metric futon of money.