Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : TALIADON
From : tenser
Date : Tue Jul 19 2022 09:36:29

On 18 Jul 2022 at 01:01p, TALIADON pondered and said...
 
 TA>  te> Actually, I'd push back a bit here: I'd offer that Android does
 TA>  te> that, perhaps even better than Apple.
 TA> 
 TA> Android certainly has Linux roots, and there's no arguing that it's
 TA> commercially viable, but is it really a complete x11 desktop environment?
 TA> 
 TA> Admittedly, I don't really know a thing about Android - I always
 TA> preferred the software/hardware synergy of Apple's offerings - so you
 TA> may well be right.

Oh no, it's not.  But neither is the Mac (at least not without
installing an X11 server, like XQuartz).  However, the Android
kernel is Linux, and the user experience and interface are
quite nice.  Similarly with ChromeOS: Linux kernel, with a very
different userspace.  The critical observation here is that
many use-cases are perfectly adequately served by a web browser.

It's curious how the world keeps reinventing the 3270 and VTAM.

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