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My new Cosmo Communicator arrived yesterday. It is designed to be linux compatible and android. So after following the official instructions I now have both Debian Linux and Android running on it.
KDE isnt well suited for a device with somewhat limited mouse capabilities (there is a trackpad like device on the back that acts as a second display), also it is KDE, ew. so first thing I did was install i3-gaps which is a primarily keyboard based tiling window manager. It works like a charm!
Everything so far has pretty much worked out of the box (though updating the firmware I did think I bricked it for a moment, thankfully it is fixed).
My i3 configuration is the same as on my desktop, im happy!
@freemo that one person will somehow hook up a 3090 to it.
@Co If anyone is going to figure out a way to hack a 3090 onto a palm top arm computer its going to be a linux user :)
@freemo it wouldn't be a mac or windows user thats for sure as well, us linux usrs are the cool kids.
@Co I'm pretty sure mac users dont even know that their computer has hardware in it at all. They think the images wind up on the screem through fiber optic cables direct from mac HQ that is just fed by a projector displaying the screen on the other end.
@freemo I love this paragraph you just typed.
@freemo also not trying to create some debate but what are your thoughts on the people that act as if anything android (or rather non apple) is terrible? It frustrates me but I just ignore it.
@Co Apple is the kiddy pool, and that includes the phone.. I own a apple laptop and the OS on their desktops and laptops are tolerable and linux like enough that i can make do. But it isnt my main box by a long shot, I use my linux dexktop and laptop mostly.
That said I find apple phones to be horrible. The selection of apps is limiting and it treats its users like children. You cant even (easily) install third party apps. While I'd rather see linux phones they arent quite there yet, not for mainstream (even the cosmo communicator i posted about in this thread is more of a linux palmtop than a phone, even if you can make calls on it).
In my view for the moment android is really the best choice we have out there for a phone OS.
@freemo I really agree, jailbreaking was hard, sideloading also hard. Its just frustrating all together. Now I understand that people want simple toddler proof phones but I don't like it when they start pledging allegiance to one side when they haven't seen the other. I gtg gn or gm depending on where you are!
@Co sleep well! Agreed.
@Co At best you might be able to exploit a few obvious vulnerabilities. This thing isnt bruteforcing anything though!