Why I can't recommend Arch or Gentoo

Gregory Nowak greg at gregn.net
Tue Sep 22 16:11:59 EDT 2015


On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 07:41:59AM -0400, Kyle wrote:
> I have to disagree with the idea of Android replacing desktop Linux.
> Mobile operating systems are fundamentally different from desktop
> operating systems still, and I don't see that changing any time soon.

Given the nature of ios (which I'll admit I never used), and windows
8/10 (I have played with 10) apple and microsoft don't seem to think
so, which is unfortunate.

> Android is a decent mobile OS for phones, and
> is even OK on larger things like tablets, but if I could run a desktop
> Linux on either a phone or a tablet, I would feel much more comfortable
> in that environment, especially since processing power, RAM and other
> system resources are not the obstacles they used to be.

There is ubuntu touch <http://www.ubuntu.com/phone>. I haven't used it
though, and don't know if orca has touch screen support yet.

Greg


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