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Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by monsieurbanana »

usr1106 wrote: post #147
monsieurbanana wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Well, if it is truly open source and has reasonably reproducible builds, I would absolutely use it. Unfortunately most Chinese suppliers don't take their GPLv2 obligations very serious when it comes to Linux kernel drivers for example. If these new(?) players do, I can only applaud it.

The lack of transparency in who they are isn't really raising my hopes...

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by footrot »

It must be fun writing an essay on a tablet. Do you think tablets will defeat laptops?

Or do most pad users have a physical keyboard for text entry?

I would be interested in the touchscreen keyboard detail here.

I have Gboard on Android, has this space matured?

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by pjmlp »

captainmuon wrote: post #111
oaiey wrote: post #102

If just they would focus all this work in one desktop environment and its app instead of having yet another fork. As awesome as this is, this is no contribution to the Linux Desktop.

But there is no single "Linux Desktop". If these people would contribute to e.g. Gnome instead, they might help improve Gnome but they couldn't realize this idea. Personally I think there is little benefit to having one single Linux desktop that is equivalent to Windows or macOS, just with a different theme and a different kernel. Desktop Linux is about choice (TM).

Hence why all successful consumer OSes that have the Linux kernel running underneath them, have nothing to do with that choice freedom.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by SmileyJames »

dathinab wrote: post #148

This looks like a legal nightmare. I mean there are all kinds of protections of visual thinks like e.g. design patents. I would be highly surprised if this doesn't violate at least one or two apple hold still valid design patents or other protection mechanisms. Because lets be honest design/visual wise it's less iPad/iOs inspired but a bland clone of the iOs design on iPad with some/many minor but in the grater pictu…

It's a Chinese company

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by dathinab »

popcorncowboy wrote: post #94

Unfortunate name [0] :| or perhaps it was intended? Very clever then. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingoism

I don't follow.

It's clearly , and Jing sounds like something which is likely a Mandarin (or other Asian language) word. And Os is a widely accepted name suffix for operating system.

And it turns out it is (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing_(Chinese_medicine)) and it's a widely used/known word, too.

Additionally Jingoism, isn't really that commonly used. Most non-native speaker which are not reading certain political news outlets likely have never heard about this word before (like me). It's definitely not part of the vocabulary thought in (non native) english school courses.

Lastly, where would we end up if we have negative sentiment, every time a wrongly pronounced word happened to sound similar to a word in another language which has negative sentiment attached with it. At that point we probably would need to remove a non small part of names and the english language because wrongly pronouncing it makes it sound like a bad word in some other language...

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by runawaybottle »

dathinab wrote: post #148

This looks like a legal nightmare. I mean there are all kinds of protections of visual thinks like e.g. design patents. I would be highly surprised if this doesn't violate at least one or two apple hold still valid design patents or other protection mechanisms. Because lets be honest design/visual wise it's less iPad/iOs inspired but a bland clone of the iOs design on iPad with some/many minor but in the grater pictu…

A bland ios clone is still miles ahead of any ui the other distros have.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by jmmcd »

hnarn wrote: post #122
emteycz wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They said that the majority of genuinely literate people will know it, that doesn't say anything about you.

It's still staggeringly elitist and unaware to assume that "genuinely" literate people (whatever that means) should not only know of Pratchett but also know his entire bibliography by heart. While it may come to a shock for English speakers from the UK and the US, not everyone that speaks English are American or British, and may not be primarily interested in literature from those countries.

> It's still staggeringly elitist and unaware to assume that "genuinely" literate people (whatever that means) should not only know of Pratchett

The comment you're referring to didn't say that, or suggest it. So this is one red flag for your "genuine" literacy :)

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by yoz-y »

footrot wrote: post #162

It must be fun writing an essay on a tablet. Do you think tablets will defeat laptops? Or do most pad users have a physical keyboard for text entry? I would be interested in the touchscreen keyboard detail here. I have Gboard on Android, has this space matured?

> Or do most pad users have a physical keyboard for text entry?

When I listened to productivity podcasts the consensus seemed to be yes, people who tend to do a lot of typing on tablets hook them up to keyboards.

Re: JingOS: Linux Distro Inspired by the iPad

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Post by gammalost »

emteycz wrote: post #136
gammalost wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looked up that book on two different online stores in Sweden cdon and bokus. On both of them the book had zero reviews. Are swedish people not literate?

I am very sure Pratchett is well known even in Sweden. What are the reviews for Romeo and Juliet? And again - not knowing Pratchett doesn't say that one isn't literate. The statement is "most genuinely literate people will know Pratchett". Stop being so defensive for nothing, nobody is attacking your intellect here...

Besides not really sure how I am being "so defensive"? I made one comment agreeing with somebody
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