[HN Gopher] Pocket P.C. - Ships first dev units
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       Pocket P.C. - Ships first dev units
        
       Author : nullagent
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2021-10-01 17:22 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cnx-software.com)
        
       | yosito wrote:
       | This is a very interesting looking device, but the form factor
       | seems completely impractical. It's kind of sad for the linux
       | ecosystem to see people wasting their resources on such silly
       | form factors instead of better touchscreen support and onscreen
       | keyboards for linux.
        
         | zamadatix wrote:
         | It has a touchscreen, this update was about getting the display
         | on it working properly.
         | 
         | Touch keyboards are only really usable on tablets and phone
         | type devices, which this device is not trying to be. If you
         | want a Linux phone check out Android devices or customs like
         | PinePhone.
        
           | monocasa wrote:
           | This has the same A64 AoC as the pinephone too.
        
         | dvdkon wrote:
         | It's not as if the author of this project would have worked on
         | touchscreen support for mainstream desktop Linux had they not
         | started this. For many (most?), Linux is a platform to use and
         | build upon, not something they want to contribute to just for
         | the sake of it, and that's fine.
        
         | sophacles wrote:
         | Right - all these people using a free and libre OS for whatever
         | _they want to do_ rather than what you think would be best...
         | so sad. Like you, I will never understand why anyone would
         | choose to exercise their free will and do things that aren 't
         | pure submission to random "internet experts". (/s)
         | 
         | If you actually want better support for touchscreens and
         | onscreen keyboards, put effort or money of your own into it,
         | and let others do what they want.
        
       | rascul wrote:
       | Not related to the Windows Pocket PC stuff. I thought for a
       | second it might be making a comeback.
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_PC
        
         | 0des wrote:
         | I knew a guy that had one of these back then with Linux on it.
         | In that moment I felt like I had seen it all, that was it for
         | me.
        
           | zokier wrote:
           | Ohh, Familiar Linux maybe/probably?
           | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar_Linux
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | grillvogel wrote:
         | this thing was awesome in the pre smartphone days. i remember
         | feeling pretty cool playing NES roms and browsing wikipedia
         | during giant college lectures
        
       | nirav72 wrote:
       | For a second there, the title threw me off a bit and I thought MS
       | was bringing back the PocketPC.
        
       | walrus01 wrote:
       | The form factor I'd like to see come back is something like the
       | oqo, but of course with modern hardware
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OQO
        
         | mikepavone wrote:
         | It's not exactly the same form factor, but the Fxtec Pro 1 [0]
         | is similar in that it's a landscape slider. Company
         | unfortunately doesn't have a good track record of shipping
         | devices on-time, though COVID is at least partly to blame
         | there.
         | 
         | [0] https://www.fxtec.com/pro1x
        
       | marcodiego wrote:
       | The A64 SoC is almost entirily supported by mainline linux:
       | https://linux-sunxi.org/Linux_mainlining_effort
        
       | [deleted]
        
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