27 Jan
2011
27 Jan
'11
3:09 p.m.
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Yep.. N900 is a pretty fine phoneputer. Feels like linux through and through and most of
the standard 'phone' function is as you would expect/want (this email client is a
bit of a mess, but i hate to moan and it's an exception - and i can ssh into a mutt
session if i really want). I've got puredata running and it's pretty great for
scratching together ideas while waiting for a bus.
A decent community behind maemo development, although nokia seem a little sidetracked with
meego/moblin dev and at times uncommunicative (just an observation from forums). But there
is enough scope with the current hardware to keep one ammused for a while, especially if
you don't mind getting your fingers dirty. I think there will be a growing pool of
community ports from linaudios extensive repertoire. Hopefully nokia will keep investing
in the platform and not abandon it as a short-lived experiment, anyones guess with google
breathing down their necks and apple setting the benchmark.
-dmotd
On 27/01/11 14:24, Ray Rashif wrote:
The N900 feels like a computer with a GMS chip bolted on. It feels like
home, SSH login, bash/tcsh, all the usual tools, easy to root and get
access to CPU clocking options and if you don't might putting PA into a
hissy fit then you can get right at the ALSA drivers and get low
latency audio. The closest to Linux is the N900. Then you have
the Androids.
Yep, the N900 is really the only serious option I know of. Android