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JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by epse »

tgv wrote: post #63
janandonly wrote: post #55

I 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.

Isn't the app store and development experience exactly what people keep complaining about for Ios?

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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NiekvdMaas wrote: post #50
deaddodo wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know if there's any shared code, but it looks like it's related to this Chinese project: https://fydeos.com/

Not sure if it's the same company, but this ICP number also owns flintos.com; https://icplishi.com/%E4%BA%ACICP%E5%A4%8716065045%E5%8F%B7/

FydeOS used to be FlintOS

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by Uehreka »

janandonly wrote: post #55

I 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…

For me personally, I don’t care if it’s got all of Apple’s bells and whistles, what I personally want is:

- A tablet OS that looks approximately as nice as iPadOS and works approximately as well. With a Springboard-ish homescreen/app paradigm.

- The ability to run a terminal

- The ability to run apps in full screen and swipe between them

- Access to the most popular handful of apps (Chrome, VS Code, Slack, Discord, Zoom, etc.)

This already looks a lot nicer than a lot of “pretty” Linux distros I’ve seen, I’ll be curious to read the reviews next month.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by monsieurbanana »

deaddodo wrote: post #28
NiekvdMaas wrote: post #23

Looking 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

I don't know if there's any shared code, but it looks like it's related to this Chinese project: https://fydeos.com/

Who from HN would install a Chinese OS by choice? We have our own privacy issues from western companies, but at least we can hold them (minimally) accountable.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by pjmlp »

girvo wrote: post #66
pjmlp wrote: post #56

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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.

That is to be expected.

There are plenty of countries where iPads are out of reach for regular consumer, and Android Tablets are in practice phones with bigger screens, given how little the ecosystem cares about them, so that leaves Windows devices as only choice for consumers.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by 0df8dkdf »

treszkai wrote: post #70
monsieurbanana wrote: post #31

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> 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. [1]: https://www.jingos.com/about/

Wouldn't be surprised as it seems to be based in China. There are no shortage of tech talents that used to work in these big IT companies. Be interested to see how they stay true the FOSS principles and make this OS support more devices.

Any competitions to existing duopoly are good.

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