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"It's true. We're so lame!" (lemmy.world)
submitted 21 hours ago by to c/simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 0 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

With Linux phones, will you even be able to tell the difference.

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  • [–] 7 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

    Yes. Right now there are significant functional differences. In the future, maybe. Human Interface capabilities are always going to be the primary limiting factor, and as of now there are plenty of people who still much prefer actual tactile responses to computing to verify interaction. Physical buttons very clearly respond to inputs - except of course when they don't for [insert IT guy sigh here].

    Plus, I can tell you for sure that Linux ARM distros are functional, yes, but don't compare to what an optimized PC distro or a dedicated mobile OS on ARM is like. My RaspberryPi with its fully optimized OS and ARM processor can't handle the same thing my phone can do in the background while I browse several tabs on the internet. Is it the RAM? I dunno, my laptop had the same RAM as the Pi until a couple months ago and still could multitask better. Play a game and watch a video and have multiple tabs open for the game. The Pi struggles on certain websites and that's all I ask of it.

    Just because it exists doesn't mean it is ready for primetime.

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  • [–] 0 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

    Upvoted for truth, I was going with the idea of a monitor out from a phone, aka DeX (a horrible Samsung proprietary version of something that could be from a Linux phone, a free desktop, I believe it can happen, but expressed poorly) which has heaps of potential for turning phones into general computers. The next PC, in your pocket, and re-purpose a whole lot of e-waste, perhaps through LLM decomposition.

    Right now I'm exploring SBC versions of the idea, nothing dramatic, give me books to read, music to listen to and whatever else a free OS has to offer and ideally a 5. something inch OLED or maybe a drawable eInk (currently remote desktop to my phone) screen and I'll be happy, especially if I plugged it together myself.

    Not at all prime time, not sure I even want that. But fair criticism if it was, idea may have some resonance?

    And no, you couldn't have guessed from one sentence. Seems we're mostly aligned?

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  • [–] 0 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    Look up Project Ada, I believe it was. Google/Motorola had a functional mockup of basically a Lego kit for phones. Abandoned for lack of general interest.

    If you want it DIY, then DIY. The vast majority of people want something that just works. There's a slice of that who care about the specifics, the nitty gritty, the full capability and functionality. I'm somewhere in that surprisingly broad range of a slice. You are too, it seems, but even then my willingness to tolerate jank with the amount of processing power available to literal children these days is extremely limited. My 8-bit NES ran better with only a few spare kilobytes and you mean to tell me actual gigabytes isn't enough room to do flying cartwheels? Sorry, fuck outta here.

    Proof of concept is one thing and I can run with that, but daily driver? I need more.

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