Android Tablet

[Jerry Feldman]

let's not get into some flame wars over this.
Basically, the Android platform is designed as a portable GUI as you said.
But there are apps (both free$ and non-free($$) and you can get that
give you access to the Linux command line without rooting your
Android. If you install one of the terminal emulators, you can easily
ls system, and you will see bin, xbin, usr, and some other directories
you would expect to see.
Essentially, the Android is a Java platform using a specialized high
performance JVM.

IMHO, the tablet computers should eventually replace the most of the
netbooks and cut into laptop sales.


On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Edward Ned Harvey <blu-Z8efaSeK1ezqlBn2x/YWAg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> From: discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org [mailto:discuss-bounces-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org] On Behalf
>> Of Richard Pieri
>>
>> I seem to recall admonishing you about this before, but please check your
>> facts before making sweeping statements.  You'll save yourself a great
> deal
>> of embarrassment.
>
> I'm not embarrassed at all.  Don't make it personal.  I think you personally
> have some crazy and often irritating opinions.
>
> I stand by what I said.  Android is intended to be a portable device GUI
> interface, and if you expect to use it on the command line like a "normal"
> linux distribution, you are in for a world of frustration, although it's
> certainly possible if you put in enough effort.  I don't recommend using it
> that way.
>
> I didn't say you can't run perl or python.  I said it's not there natively
> and you can expect difficulty if you want it, and other packages that would
> be considered "standard" on other linux distirbutions, such as ls and gcc
> and make.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>



-- 
Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org>
Treasurer, Boston Linux and Unix
http://www.blu.org