Pocket P.C. – Ships first dev units
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Pocket P.C. – Ships first dev units
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Re: Pocket P.C. – Ships first dev units
#2This is a very interesting looking device, but the form factor seems completely impractical. It's kind of sad for the linux ecosystem to see people wasting their resources on such silly form factors instead of better touchscreen support and onscreen keyboards for linux.
Re: Pocket P.C. – Ships first dev units
#3Not related to the Windows Pocket PC stuff. I thought for a second it might be making a comeback.
Re: Pocket P.C. – Ships first dev units
#4For a second there, the title threw me off a bit and I thought MS was bringing back the PocketPC.
Re: Pocket P.C. – Ships first dev units
#5This is a very interesting looking device, but the form factor seems completely impractical. It's kind of sad for the linux ecosystem to see people wasting their resources on such silly form factors instead of better touchscreen support and onscreen keyboards for linux.
It has a touchscreen, this update was about getting the display on it working properly.
Touch keyboards are only really usable on tablets and phone type devices, which this device is not trying to be. If you want a Linux phone check out Android devices or customs like PinePhone.
Re: Pocket P.C. – Ships first dev units
#6This is a very interesting looking device, but the form factor seems completely impractical. It's kind of sad for the linux ecosystem to see people wasting their resources on such silly form factors instead of better touchscreen support and onscreen keyboards for linux.
It's not as if the author of this project would have worked on touchscreen support for mainstream desktop Linux had they not started this. For many (most?), Linux is a platform to use and build upon, not something they want to contribute to just for the sake of it, and that's fine.
Re: Pocket P.C. – Ships first dev units
#7Not related to the Windows Pocket PC stuff. I thought for a second it might be making a comeback. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_PC
this thing was awesome in the pre smartphone days. i remember feeling pretty cool playing NES roms and browsing wikipedia during giant college lectures
Re: Pocket P.C. – Ships first dev units
#8This is a very interesting looking device, but the form factor seems completely impractical. It's kind of sad for the linux ecosystem to see people wasting their resources on such silly form factors instead of better touchscreen support and onscreen keyboards for linux.
Right - all these people using a free and libre OS for whatever they want to do rather than what you think would be best... so sad. Like you, I will never understand why anyone would choose to exercise their free will and do things that aren't pure submission to random "internet experts". (/s)
If you actually want better support for touchscreens and onscreen keyboards, put effort or money of your own into it, and let others do what they want.
Re: Pocket P.C. – Ships first dev units
#9The A64 SoC is almost entirily supported by mainline linux: https://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort
Re: Pocket P.C. – Ships first dev units
#10This is a very interesting looking device, but the form factor seems completely impractical. It's kind of sad for the linux ecosystem to see people wasting their resources on such silly form factors instead of better touchscreen support and onscreen keyboards for linux.
It has a touchscreen, this update was about getting the display on it working properly. Touch keyboards are only really usable on tablets and phone type devices, which this device is not trying to be. If you want a Linux phone check out Android devices or customs like PinePhone.
This has the same A64 AoC as the pinephone too.