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Will Android Flavors Spoil the Platform?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the kajillion-dollar-question dept.

rsmiller510 writes "Open source operating systems have a lot of upsides, but when you give cell phone makers and providers the power to customize the phones to whatever degree they like, it could end up confusing consumers and watering down the Android label."

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  1. Re:Yes... by MogNuts · · Score: 1, Troll

    I have to say I disagree on this one. Your point is correct. However, in the 16 years I've been using Linux, the most basic things still don't work, or work properly, and even more so driver-wise to this very day. The newest LTS of Ubuntu, for example, when I went to restart it via the power icon in the upper-left hand corner, logs me out, but doesn't restart. Then at the login screen, when choosing restart, it doesn't. So 10% of the time I have to manually do ctrl+alt+F1 to a terminal, then sudo shutdown -r now. Pathetic. This is 2010.

    There are so many little various differences even within big distros, and various differences with each little software piece, results in an experiences that never fully works correctly.

    I moved on. I'm happy with Windows.