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0 pointssah2ed8y ago0 comments

So what do you plan to move to? iOS?

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B1FF_PSUVM8y ago· 3 in thread

If Microsoft, who seem to be on an open source binge, would let loose WindowsPhone 8.1 ...

(It's not like MS are doing anything in that space anymore, except piling up Win10 stuttering on the remains ... and it might, perhaps, possibly, stub someone's toe ...)

If anyone has grafted a Metro Design scion on a Linux rootstock, that would be worth a look too.

sah2edOP8y ago

But what about apps? That's a major part of the reasons why Windows Phone died, developers refused to commit resources to port/develop apps to yet another mobile platform.

IIRC, Palm webOS tried to fix that by allowing developers use familiar HTML/JS-based tooling (Enyo) [0] to build apps for that platform, but the die had been cast with iOS and Android.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enyo_(software)

B1FF_PSUVM8y ago

Yep, that's the unfortunate rub. And why I'm on iOS now ("dumpster fire" is also my take on the alternative ...)

craftyguy8y ago

I will never use a Microsoft device.

girvo8y ago· 1 in thread

The Librem 5 runs on a Debian (iirc) based Linux distribution with a custom phone-focused userland, running everything through Matrix

craftyguy8y ago

Not only does it run PureOS (Debian derivative) but it's not restricted to run only PureOS. I could run Arch Linux on my phone, yay!

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6 comments · 2 top-level

B1FF_PSUVM8y ago· 3 in thread

If Microsoft, who seem to be on an open source binge, would let loose WindowsPhone 8.1 ...

(It's not like MS are doing anything in that space anymore, except piling up Win10 stuttering on the remains ... and it might, perhaps, possibly, stub someone's toe ...)

If anyone has grafted a Metro Design scion on a Linux rootstock, that would be worth a look too.

sah2edOP8y ago

But what about apps? That's a major part of the reasons why Windows Phone died, developers refused to commit resources to port/develop apps to yet another mobile platform.

IIRC, Palm webOS tried to fix that by allowing developers use familiar HTML/JS-based tooling (Enyo) [0] to build apps for that platform, but the die had been cast with iOS and Android.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enyo_(software)

B1FF_PSUVM8y ago

Yep, that's the unfortunate rub. And why I'm on iOS now ("dumpster fire" is also my take on the alternative ...)

craftyguy8y ago

I will never use a Microsoft device.

girvo8y ago· 1 in thread

The Librem 5 runs on a Debian (iirc) based Linux distribution with a custom phone-focused userland, running everything through Matrix

craftyguy8y ago

Not only does it run PureOS (Debian derivative) but it's not restricted to run only PureOS. I could run Arch Linux on my phone, yay!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse