This thread is full of shilling and what feels like bot posts in order to push this post to the top. Typical, sorry to say “chinglish” spelling mistakes give it away. It would be good if mods would look into this. Any way to trigger that action?
JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad
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Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't want to be too hard on this project, but is it really "design-forward" when it's blatantly and explicitly copying the look and feel of iOS/iPadOS? Originality seems like an important component of good design.
"Picasso had a saying -- 'good artists copy; great artists steal' -- and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas." - Steve Jobs
I guess "steal" means that it's a more advanced way of "copying", i.e. you can get away with grabbing others' idea without being noticed and can still be considered as "original".
To do that, one needs to get the essence, the principle, and the deep underlying logic of another work, rather than simply copying something at the surface level.
Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad
#63I am happy to see projects that make Linux look beter or more user friendly. But to truly catch up with iPadOS one needs to recreate not just the UX but also powerful features that it comes with * can the Photo app recognize faces? or landscapes ? * can the Notes app do OCR on pictures and PDF’s? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25805137 * is there an iCloud like function that synchronizes in the background? It i…
What’s really difficult IMO is getting the development environment right, plus the app store. Without that, it’s nothing but another bit of eye candy.
Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad
#64This thread is full of shilling and what feels like bot posts in order to push this post to the top. Typical, sorry to say “chinglish” spelling mistakes give it away. It would be good if mods would look into this. Any way to trigger that action?
This comment breaks the site guidelines. If you read them you'll see that the way to "trigger mod action" is to email us, not post insinuations of shilling in the threads.
Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad
#65For Linux users, we look for credible source for something as important as Operating Systems. Usually from known entity or open source community. It would be great if you can clarify. Also since it is just getting started, you would be better off not using iPad, Apple kind of words. Instead use neutral terms like Linux OS optimized for Tablets, before it is too late. Also heavy influence of Apple Marketing on your pr…
I'm scratching my head as to why they mentioned "iPad" as well. Android is already a Linux tablet OS. It's like they ignored the elephant in the room. Ubuntu also runs on tablets. (edit: this is based in Ubuntu!) Besides that point, Apple is pretty much the opposite of free computing. It's a gross comparison. Edit: Looking at their Reddit timeline, it appears as though they've made a lot of progress in a few short mo…
The reply that's missing for you is that the UI is clearly (to an iPadOS user) heavily inspired by that of the iPad - they are making that the selling point:
> iPadOS-like UI and UX
And WRT your other comments, you're probably not the target for this. I run dozens of Linux machines for work stuff but everything in my personal ecosystem is Apple because I don't find config fun. Different horses for different courses.
Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
They're copying the iPad because it's the only tablet that doesn't suck and sells in any meaningful numbers.
Windows tablets, aka laptops with detachable keyboards, are also doing pretty well. Android keeps having problems because Google is unable to drive the ecosystem to actually care, what a surprise.
That’s almost in spite of Tablet Windows though.
Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad
#67For Linux users, we look for credible source for something as important as Operating Systems. Usually from known entity or open source community. It would be great if you can clarify. Also since it is just getting started, you would be better off not using iPad, Apple kind of words. Instead use neutral terms like Linux OS optimized for Tablets, before it is too late. Also heavy influence of Apple Marketing on your pr…
Hard disagree on the “Apple kind of words” stuff. The iPad is the best tablet. I wish there were good competitors, I’d buy them, but there aren’t. To the extent someone can make a tablet OS with the look and affordances of iPadOS but with the added ability to do stuff iPadOS won’t allow (like writing/compiling code), they should absolutely be encouraged to do so.
Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad
#68I am happy to see projects that make Linux look beter or more user friendly. But to truly catch up with iPadOS one needs to recreate not just the UX but also powerful features that it comes with * can the Photo app recognize faces? or landscapes ? * can the Notes app do OCR on pictures and PDF’s? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25805137 * is there an iCloud like function that synchronizes in the background? It i…
I don't use any of this on an iPad and I miss every day some functionalities : a convenient terminal, a fully fledged text editor, a complete and free photo editor ...
Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad
#69This thread is full of shilling and what feels like bot posts in order to push this post to the top. Typical, sorry to say “chinglish” spelling mistakes give it away. It would be good if mods would look into this. Any way to trigger that action?
It's pathetically obvious and quite obnoxious.
I wonder how often is the HN system gamed in the same manner but with better English?
Some mod attention would definitely benefit this thread.
Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad
#70Looking at the launch video [0], this looks very professional done. Which company is behind this? I can't find any info on the site. Is this team related to Huawei? 0. https://youtu.be/3E0ADUIiFzA
> Which company is behind this? This is the only thing I found with some limited googling: > Our team is very experienced in making gadgets. They are experts from Xiaomi/OPPO/Google/Ubuntu and other Consumer Electronic Companies. So what we are talking about here is not a low-end tablet for geeks and Linux users. It will be designed just like a tablet for consumers with the best quality we can achieve. From: https://…
> Our team is very experienced in making gadgets. They are experts from Xiaomi/OPPO/Google/Ubuntu and other Consumer Electronic Companies.
Interestingly, JingOS's About page [1] uses similar words but different companies:
> Our team is very experienced. They are experts from Lenovo, Alibaba, Sumsung, Canonical/Ubuntu, Trolltech and other famous IT Companies.