18 Feb
2010
18 Feb
'10
3 p.m.
On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 02:57:51PM +0100, Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
On 02/18/2010 02:45 PM, Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
Thanks, there was an earlier post about the N900. He also mentioned that the apps would
have to be not just recompiled with CPU-specific flags, but rewritten to use ASM calls to
get the FPU to work. That's much more work than I have interest in at this time.
Indeed, it'd have to run a proper Linux distro like Debian for me to consider using
it; glad Maemo is that.
However, the prices on these things are still in the insane territory (i.e. US$400), so I
ain't going there for at least a few years until these become "obsolete" and
can be had for US$100 or so on Craigslist. I consider myself lucky if I can make US$50 a
night, so expensive hardware is way out of reach for me.
-ken
On 02/14/2010 03:42 AM, Ken Restivo wrote:
> Just curious: do any of the Android-capable phones have an FPU? Can any of them run
JACK?
>
> I've got a Linux audio instrument that fits in my backpack; the next challenge
would be to see if I can get on that fits in my pocket.
Btw, you also really should check Maemo and the Nokia N900. That's much more of
a Linux system: GTK-based, PulseAudio included, etc... In Android, there isn't
much left apart from the kernel.