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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."
Is Firefox locked down because its interface is written using XUL and CSS? Palm is doing essentialy the same thing.
The Palm contains no DRM. The native GUI toolkit is XHTML, CSS, and Javascript, yes, but that fact alone doesn't make it "locked down". If you need compiled code for performance reasons, you can write a browser plugin or use dbus to talk to a compiled daemon.
Emacs for life!!!
Firstly, if it only runs javascript applications as you say, then it's hardly any more of a "real distro" than Android is.
Nokia's linux distros for their Nnnn devices are the real deal, they're based on debian for fsck sake! Get off your fat ass and learn something before spouting drivel next time.
I am Batman!
Ahh... so that's what Obama's secret identity is!
Apple has "Mac vs PC", Microsoft has "Laptop Hunters", Linux has recession
CAN'T BELIEVE I'M BEING FORCED TO USE THIS SHIT BROWSER AT WORK!
Scrolling is so painfully slow .. it's like playing a pixellated lagging game.
IE6
Sent from my desktop computer
SilverEyes said "CAN" not "CAN'T" Obama CAN NOT fix the economy, health care, and on down the road. Give back my rights. Take back extremist politicians! (both Republicans and Democrats)
"I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." (Luke 10:18)
in Hebrew,
baraq (Qal) to flash lightning, cast forth (lightning),
bamah 1) high place, ridge, height, bamah (technical name for cultic platform)
a) high place, mountain
b) high places, battlefields
c) high places (as places of worship)
d) funeral mound?
therefore Luke 10:18 could be spoken as "I saw Satan as Baraq Ubamah"; so now if you pull your tin-foil hat down tight, squint your eyes and tilt your head just right , you' see that Obama's secret identity is Satan aka Lucifer.