Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition • Hacker News Board

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by listic » Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 12:22 PM UTC

mahouse wrote: post #12

MediaTek? No, thanks.

MediaTek is not just a lower-end chip; it potentially has its own unique advanages. E.g. AFAIK only phones with MediaTek chips potentially can:

- ring an alarm when in 'off' state

- change their IMEI

I'm not claiming that everyone needs that or that it will be possible on Ubuntu; just reminding that MTK chips have some unique advantages, too.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by reddotX » Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 12:23 PM UTC

konradb wrote: post #25

Anyone know if you can do stuff like use emacs, cc, make, install a JVM etc?

(yes) here's apache2 on Ubuntu Phone http://i.imgur.com/mSTNYMN.png

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by mbrock » Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 12:24 PM UTC

fasteo wrote: post #24

BQ main office is just 50 meters away from my office. They are like 70-80 people, all very young ( Pretty useless comment, I know.

They also make an e-reader [1] with open source software. I'm somewhat obsessed with the idea of using it for ssh/mosh as a portable terminal. It would be very cool to hear if someone has tried this, before ordering one. I mailed some random guy at BQ and he said he never tried it, but also found it interesting. If you find it interesting too, maybe you could run down and ask around! :)

[1]: http://www.bq.com/gb/products/cervantes-2013.html

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by theshrike79 » Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 12:24 PM UTC

gradstudent wrote: post #5

Can't wait to be rid of Android. Its endless insistence on upgrading me to the latest version is driving me batty.

I have the opposite problem, my Android stopped getting updates 2 years ago.

Meanwhile my iPad 2 is still getting the latest iOS version multiple times each year...

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by reddotX » Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 12:24 PM UTC

maelito wrote: post #21

What is the status of connecting the ubuntu phone to a screen to get a personal computer running ubuntu desktop ?

WIP, here's a demo of the current state https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3PUYoa1c9M

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by spacefight » Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 12:24 PM UTC

http://www.bq.com/gb/game-ubuntu

"Telegram is the most secure way to..." or http://www.bq.com/flexy_templates/game/assets/en/screen-3.pn...

If you market your phone towards nerds, don't bullshit us with crypto marketing.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by fcanela » Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 12:24 PM UTC

More mobile fragmentation. I hope Cordova stacks (phonegap, iconic) are made compatible soon.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by leaveyou » Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 12:26 PM UTC

I got burned once with a windows phone Omnia 7 as an early adopter and it was beyond useless (lack of apps/configurability) so I will definitely not rush again on unproven phones despite my interest in Ubuntu. Also the price/specs on this phone is horrible compared to Xiaomi Note 4G (190euro) which I own and can recommend to anyone. I hope Ubuntu phone catches on though. Competition is good.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by spacefight » Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 12:26 PM UTC

http://store.bq.com/en/ubuntu-edition-e-4-5

No https:// by default. Again, if you market this as towards the nerdy audience: Put _everything_ behind HTTPS. I simply do not want to let others know, what phone I might buy.

Thank you.

Re: Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition

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Post by popey » Fri, Apr 10, 2015, 12:26 PM UTC

konradb wrote: post #25

Anyone know if you can do stuff like use emacs, cc, make, install a JVM etc?

Yes and no. The phone image is read-only by default, with RW areas for user data / tmp / logs etc. You can easily make the RO portion RW, and then apt-get or dpkg install random packages. However the caveat is we never test that scenario, so if you break it, you get to keep the pieces. You can then re-flash it to get out of this of course.