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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 throwaway4good »

monsieurbanana wrote: post #74
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/

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.

If you are in Europe or any other place than the US, you are basically powerless to American big tech.

Encouraging competition and using software from smaller companies, Chinese or not, is our only chance to level this.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by iFreilicht »

tomc1985 wrote: post #27

I wonder if this is going to be the OS of choice for flea-market iPad counterfeits/knockoffs... the Files screen even says "On my Pad" in the shown screenshot. Everything looks close enough to be able to possibly fool an untrained eye.

And the makers of JingOS, Jingling, are a China-based company working on the JingPad, an ARM tablet designed to run Linux OOTB. I'm sure we'll see a lot of variants of that quite soon after their release in July, and many people having fun hacking them.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by input_sh »

slim wrote: post #79

this is exactly what I was looking for. but something is suspiciously not visible in the demo video : the soft keyboard.

Absolutely agree. From my experience with other distros, navigation is flaky, but usable with some modifications.

Software keyboard is always just terrible to use, making anything other than scrolling social media or reading articles/books a painful experience.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by emteycz »

epse wrote: post #71
tgv wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

No, non-Apple users are complaining, Apple users generally like the experience.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by wyattpeak »

alpaca128 wrote: post #48
kstenerud wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Picasso had a saying -- 'good artists copy; great artists steal' -- and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas." - Steve Jobs

This quote is not from Picasso, it is in fact much older[0]. The stealing part of this phrase was more about how great artists make existing ideas their own("stealing"), reinterpreting them on the way. [0] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/03/06/artists-steal/

That was Jobs's error, though, not the parent's. And the fact that Jobs said it is the relevant point.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by jstummbillig »

anaganisk wrote: post #87
Hamuko wrote: post #58

It looks so inspired that Apple legal might also be inspired.

Well it comes from a chineese company, Im sure they're good as long as apple still has critical assets in china.

Or not, as long as Apple has critical assets in China?
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