Re: [gentoo-dev] desktop experience on smartphone: thoughts and plans against Ubuntu edge

["Rick \"Zero_Chaos\" Farina" <zerochaos@gentoo.org>]

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On 08/13/2013 01:21 AM, heroxbd wrote:
> Dear Fellows,
> 
> Canonical is raising money by pushing their concept of Ubuntu for
> Android[1][2]. The idea is to put GNU environment (esp. Ubuntu userland)
> in parallel to Android to drive the external HDMI output with X11
> protocal, so that desktop applications can run on the smartphone.
> 
> The idea is cool, but not new. The idea is general to all android
> devices, while Canonical is binding the concept with its own new device.
> 
> The project is developed underground by Canonical, so far nothing, not
> to say repository, is available except advertisements and the call for
> people to donate.
> 
> As a natual consequence of the on-going Google Summer of Code project,
> Gentoo on Android[3], we can run native Gentoo on *all* the Android
> devices. Compiling out an Xorg and output to HDMI has no theoretical
> difficulty. Furthermore, sharing of graphic output with Android (instead
> of a separate HDMI output) can be explored with wayland x11[4].
> 
> I feel sorry to the behavior of Canonical. We, people from the Gentoo
> community, can show the general public what is the cooperative way to
> develop desktop/smartphone hybrid to benefit all.
> 
> I would like to kick out a sub-project of Gentoo targeting smartphone
> and tablets. It would be nice to find out a solution based on Gentoo for
> desktop/smartphone hybrid *before* Canonical's release.
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 

You know what I've done with this kind of thing already.  I am at your
disposal.  If you want to publicly embarass canonical by releasing
something awesome (either first or better) I can find the time to help.
 You know where to find me ;-)

- -Zero

> Cheers,
> Benda
> 
> 1. http://www.ubuntu.com/phone/ubuntu-for-android
> 2. http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge
> 3. http://www.awa.tohoku.ac.jp/~benda/projects/android.html
> 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_%28display_server_protocol%29
> 
> 

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