[sf-lug] Fwd: [svlug] Linux coming to iPhone and iPad

[Samir Faci]

I'm not sure of the usability of these types of setups.  I had a similar
thing going when android first came out on the massive brick known as the
G1.  I would chroot into a debian environment and be able to start a VNC
server that I can hook into and was running XFCE and pidgin and other linux
app.

The issue with these setups is that none of those apps were really designed
to run on a phone.  Hell gimp is barely designed to run on my desktop.  It
would make my phone cry.

I like the idea, but I'd much rather see something like a QT port that lets
me run qt apps natively on iphone/android then this odd vnc loopback trick
to get a desktop environment running on a 7" screen.
(Granted it's probably a bit better for a tablet but still same concerns )

Just my 2 cents.





On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 7:15 AM, maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Disclaimer:
> This is fwd' from sv-lug NOT intended as a crosspost as many do not follow
> sv-lug.
> If you follow both (sv&sf-lug) don't cry to me that you already saw this.
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> That being said:
> Any thoughts on this software he is 'manipulating'?...
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Chris Kohlhepp <chrisk at manx.net>
> Date: Friday, April 3, 2015
> Subject: [svlug] Linux coming to iPhone and iPad
> To: svlug at lists.svlug.org
>
>
> Hello Sydney Linux Users,
>
> I have been working on a Linux-Apps-on-iPhone-&-iPad solution, called
> QMole, for the last two years.
> QMole's intention is twofold: 1) enable graphical Linux applications on
> the IOS platform and
> 2) enable on-iPad development without the need for an Apple developer
> account. Given the
> massive user base of the IOS platform, this is a potentially big step for
> the Linux platform as
> a whole.
>
> This comes against a backdrop of every greater encroachment on user choice
> and freedom.
> Now a user who has root access to the hardware they legitimately purchased
> is deemed to
> "jailbreak" suggesting somehow that this is not legitimate. Yet all the
> user has done
> is what would be a matter of course with any other, non smartphone,
> computer platform.
>
> Linux fought this battle before in a different dimension: with Windows.
> People have taken this victory for granted. Like elsewhere, freedoms not
> watched over, erode.
> I want to reverse this trend before it is too late --- as the smartphone
> takes over from PC.
>
> That is why I created QMole.  I am hoping to unleash a tide of Linux users
> and more importantly
> developers to descend on the dominant smartphone platform.
>
> Please support and donate to our Kickstarter campaign at :
>
>
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chriskohlhepp/qmole-a-linux-desktop-system-for-the-ipad
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> You are in a unique position to gives this project visibility if you agree
> with its goal and spirit.
>
> Your help would be much appreciated.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Chris Kohlhepp
>
> P.S. Websites
>
> https://www.facebook.com/qmolelinux
>
> https://chriskohlhepp.wordpress.com/qmole-bringing-the-free-world-of-linux-to-an-ipad-near-you/
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Thank you
Samir Faci
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