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

[maestro]

Interesting thanks...


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On Saturday, April 4, 2015, Samir Faci <samir at esamir.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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> 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'?...
>> Read on ▼▼▼
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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
>>
>> 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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> Samir Faci

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