Re: iPhones and Linux

Date	2026-05-18 21:48 -0400
Subject	Re: iPhones and Linux
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On 5/18/26 20:58, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 18 May 2026 18:17:08 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> In the "official" Linux support forums I know, people do not refuse to
>> engage; we simply do not know Apple things.
> 
> Even in the IRL Linux group only a couple of people know anything about
> Apple. I'm not one of them. My ex has an iPhone and wanted to do some sort
> of video chat. 'Just open AppleSpeak' or whatever it's called. Sorry,
> babe, no can do on my Android.

   Apple is almost a hermetically-sealed little universe.
   That's been their Business Plan for a LONG time. Sell
   'status', rake in the $$$, lock out all others.

   It's operating systems WERE based on a BSD, but they
   massively customized (mostly for THEIR insular gain)
   so it's not really a UNIX anymore.

   The Apple-think systems grate against my brain, NOT
   'intuitive', often cryptic, maybe ok for 9-year-olds
   who can cope with "put three fingers here here and
   here and swirl them around Just So". IMHO yer probably
   better off with Android - simple and straight-up. It
   IS a Sort-Of Linux ......

   DID find an Android I installed as a VM ... but on
   a PC it wasn't very useful, it's intended for phones
   and similar portable comm devices.

   Some Linux distros include "Erlang" - invented by
   the Ericsson phone people. You can program stuff
   in that lang - but the portable-device-control feel
   is kinda obvious. It's more than 'ladder logic'
   or other industrial-control systems, but not hugely
   more sophisticated. Again, "Work comm devices".

   Hmm ... now on a PI or BBB fitted with relay/sensor
   boards with 'security system' or 'machine control'
   or such in mind then Erlang might make better sense.

   Anyone make a DOS phone ? I'd buy  :-)

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            Re: iPhones and Linux c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-05-18 21:48 -0400
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