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Nokia Leaks Phone With Full GNU/Linux Distribution
An anonymous reader writes "It is now clear why Nokia has been so slow with S60 updates: the upcoming N900 just left everything else in the dust. Unlike Google's Linux platform, Nokia is not intentionally breaking compatibility with real distros, choosing instead to bring you the unmatchable power of GNU/Linux on your phone. This is the most awesome device I have ever seen: MAP3 CPU/GPU, 3,5" 800x480 touchscreen, keyboard, Wi-Fi, HSPA, GPS; 5-MP camera, CZ lens, 32 GB storage, SD slot; X11, VT100 terminal emulator, APT package manager. Estimated price without credit: $780 (N.5800: $390, iPhone 3GS: $750). Developers should note that even though the current desktop is still GTK+, Qt will be standard across all Nokia platforms in the near future (less powerful phones will use Qt on the Symbian kernel). Users can download flashing software from Nokia, and patches can be submitted at the Maemo site."
This is the most awesome device I have ever seen
someone is clearly not familiar with the LHC.
In fact, forget the smartphone and netbook...
"linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)
I like how there are two rival Slashdot cellphone factions.
There's the "phone should just make phone calls and not have all this shit added on!" faction, which is pre-dominant in a lot of stories.
And then there's the "I can't possibly get by with a phone that doesn't have VT-100 emulation!" faction, who are probably all rushing out to buy this thing right now.
I, uh, don't really have anywhere clever to go with this idea though...
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unmatchable power of GNU/Linux on your phone
Yay!
Estimated price without credit: $780
Crap, I can't afford one. I lose phones too often; I'm on my third phone this year. When I had a Razr a few years ago I got insurance on it, and the insurance company cancelled me when I dropped the third one in the toilet trying to answer it when I was taking a piss. The way I go through phones I'm lucky to be able to afford the $100 one I have now.
Of course, the Razr was expensive at first, at least I'll be able to get one of these in a few years.
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As if an article on a rat-eating plant isn't awesome enough? I'm not really aware of plants that eat anything larger than insects or small amphibians.
Interesting.
You don't meet your hookers online and then call them?
Hey, it doesn't do Windows!
.. Batman!
How can you justify that cost? For $800, you could buy a netbook, a basic smart phone, plus hookers and blow.
Thanks to the Communists in Congress we can only rent hookers now.
echo -e 'global _start\n _start:\n mov eax, 2\n int 80h\n jmp _start' > a.asm; nasm a.asm -f elf; ld a.o -o a;
How many kinds are there, you sarcastic prickdribble?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
"bring you the unmatchable power of GNU/Linux". Cheesiest. Line. Ever. On /.
Just for the record: is there anything that you can name that can do more than Linux? Ever had an OS run on your wristwatch that was also able to run on the world fastest super computers, space exploration and operation critical medical hardware?
Just curious...
Batman can do anything.
Interesting.
Wow! It has a VT100 emulator? Wow! That means I can tell both emacs and vi to go to hell and launch EDT editor! Holy Cow! How did I past 25 years without a VT100 emulator I can't figure out. I still need a CRA0: card reader and MT0A: tape reader emulators. But I buy this and wait for the retired VAX-11 engineers to hack it up in open source!!!
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
In almost every country in the world, the answer is "yes - we can do that already". I have heard that some, more remote parts of Africa and Siberia still have poor coverage - does anywhere else still suffer from this?
politicians are like babies' nappies: they should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons
> dropped the third one in the toilet trying to answer it when I was taking a piss
Because calling them back wasn't an option? I wish I got important phone calls like this...
Spoken like someone without a girlfriend. A callback 30 seconds later... wow, that's ballsy.
"Where WERE you? I tried calling you!"
"Yeah, I'm calling you back, I was in the head"
"You're with that bitch, aren't you?"
*Head-desks*
Just get modded "Funny: 5". That's your first class ticket to good karma. Insightful and Informatives are hard to get and you should only reach for them if you know spot on what you're talking about.
Imagine not being able to call 911 because your phone got Slashdotted...
That's a brilliant idea! Why didn't I think of that?
Put my dick on a lanyard!
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is there anything that you can name that can do more than Linux?
Chuck Norris
Bat OS?
The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head