Well, of course what I really want is to run android apps remotely, with the display in a window on a normal desktop. That's a bit deeper than an app, but still not rocket science.
using a Bluetooth keyboard isn't remotely new -- I've been doing that for years.
Don't know about you, but I've been doing it more often. Also, doing a lot of tethering. Speaking of which, it would be nice if SSH over wifi/bluetooth was a first-class thing on Android. It's hardly rocket science.
Interesting new uses of smartphones. I find myself connecting a Bluetooth keyboard more frequently, for one thing. There really isn't much standing in the way of moving nearly all productivity work onto the phone. I suppose multi-window will make a comeback.
The smartphone market is officially mature, as indicated by the fact that even Apple can't come up with anything other than incremental improvements and gimmicks.
plasma desktop search alone is enough to turn the disk into a dog. And to add insult to injury they try to make it difficult to turn off because reasons
Somewhat true, at least in the past. I used to always turn it off (contrary to your claim, that is easy) but just now I noticed I have it on, with no apparent overhead. Now turning it off for comparison. The point is, you can turn it off. No idea what you're going on about.
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you got what you paid for.
the logo.
And the screwing.
Well, of course what I really want is to run android apps remotely, with the display in a window on a normal desktop. That's a bit deeper than an app, but still not rocket science.
I'm sure all the little Apple pips will be queuing around the block, like always.
I don't know about that. Look at this article, it's notable for the lack of the usual flood of pro-apple trolls.
using a Bluetooth keyboard isn't remotely new -- I've been doing that for years.
Don't know about you, but I've been doing it more often. Also, doing a lot of tethering. Speaking of which, it would be nice if SSH over wifi/bluetooth was a first-class thing on Android. It's hardly rocket science.
If you are looking for a phone to change your life in a meaningful way then you need serious psychological help.
Is there an app for that?
That's not a iPhone issue, that's a moron using extension cord in your bed issue.
You're right, maybe it says more about the kind of person who owns an iphone.
Then where are these interesting new smartphones?
Interesting new uses of smartphones. I find myself connecting a Bluetooth keyboard more frequently, for one thing. There really isn't much standing in the way of moving nearly all productivity work onto the phone. I suppose multi-window will make a comeback.
The smartphone market is officially mature, as indicated by the fact that even Apple can't come up with anything other than incremental improvements and gimmicks.
Even Apple? Didn't you mean only Apple?
Does iphone still have that electrocution issue?
The smartphone market is officially mature...
Actually, no. We've just gotten to where things get interesting... Android/Linux passes Microsoft on the internet and just keeps going. Apple a distant third in that race.
It will take them MINUTES to make that back!!!!
Actually, it's about 40% of google's most recent quarterly earnings.
Oh, so, much like Linus Torvalds arguing that C is superior to C++!
plasma desktop search alone is enough to turn the disk into a dog. And to add insult to injury they try to make it difficult to turn off because reasons
Somewhat true, at least in the past. I used to always turn it off (contrary to your claim, that is easy) but just now I noticed I have it on, with no apparent overhead. Now turning it off for comparison. The point is, you can turn it off. No idea what you're going on about.
Use KVM.
It depends on your definition of 'work'. It will be functional, but elements will take time to draw and it will get in your way.
OK, let's define "works" as "works well". No, the 2D UI does not take significant time to draw, unless you have misconfigured your effects settings.
How do I boot the image in VM Ware without using a USB drive?
Boot from the image without copying it to the USB key.
I've never been able to use KDE on anything low powered and have it work smoothly, but perhaps things are drastically better now.
I can still run modern KDE on an ancient Pentium M. You must be "holding it wrong".
Why can't I just boot it directly in a VM?
You can. <facepalms at some of the replies in this thread>
Since it's built on KDE, I'm going to go ahead and assume it's going to run like a turd on less powerful machines.
Nonsense, KDE runs nicely even on wimpy machines like ancient netbooks. You might want to turn off some 3D desktop effects.
Has KDE gone through a significant slimming down recently?
KDE has been less bloated than Gnome for many years.
I wanted to try it, but there is no .iso to install with. Only some weird .img file for a USB stick.
Welcome to the 21st century!
1) Copy image file to USB stick
2) Reboot, enter bios, make the USB stick the first boot device
3) Continue boot
Thats why nobody should be shocked when the fines keep rising.
Alphabet never "took over". It is still the Larry, Segey and (to a lesser extent) Eric show, nothing changed. This always was who they were.
One word: deterrent.
Because it is a difficult problem to solve given this involves hardware handshakes which depend on hardware manufacturers playing ball.
You pulled that out of your ass. A mount notification would depend only on successful completion of the mount syscall.
There' also a slew of other events as well; but you can sit and complain about FOSS though. That's easy to do.
Would be nice if you bothered to inform yourself instead of posting trash.