Re: Installing on one machine, using in another..

From	Stef <not@this.address.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.setup, comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Installing on one machine, using in another..
Date	2016-03-01 00:29 +0000
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 2016-02-29 18:08, Stef wrote:
>> Carlos E.R. wrote:
> [snip]
>
>> I'm not a big app user.  My needs are simple.  I use the phone mostly as
>> a phone with some texting. I rarely go to the web with it.  Don't play
>> games. Don't even have any installed. And with a 4.75" screen it's too
>> small to use as an eBook reader. (I have a dedicated reader for that. 
>
> Me too. I have a Kobo.

Me, too.  Older one.  The Touch???  B&W only.  Great when you're reading
several books at a time, whicn I do a lot. Less to carry. Doesn't take
up much space. And lighter, too.


> [snip]
> I bought a device with few apps to start with (Motorola). Some brands
> include many apps that are impossible to remove (Samsung, for instance).

I had a Motorola once.  Delightfully free of apps.  Just the OS for the
most part.  One of the reasons I bought it.  Too bad it died so young.

This Nexus 4 I now have however is just the opposite:  Loaded with
a plethora of Google stuff I don't need and never use and can't
uninstall due to app interdependency issues.

>> I've only installed a couple: GMail's dedicated one & a
>> better camera & image viewer although I rarely take pictures. It's
>> just the default ones left much to be desired, and I needed a
>> camera/viewer app for those rare times I need a camera/viewer.
>
> The camera is usually just a convenience. For instance, I'm shopping,
> and I want to ask a friend about something I see. So I send him a photo.

Other than testing the camera and video work, I've never used it.  

> If I really want a good photo, I use my real camera. :-)

Ditto.

>
>> I NEVER will set my phone up to use as a pay device -- for security
>> reasons.  All those private numbers that have to be stored on it.  Yes,
>> it may be convenient, but when your whole life is on one device, if
>> someone hacks you . . . Or it breaks . . .  To each, his own, I guess.
>
> Same feeling here. But... who knows.
>
> There are credit cards now that can be used here to pay amounts below
> 20€ just by placing the card on top of the shop counter device, without
> asking for any kind of PIN or signature. Above 20€ and it requests the PIN.
>
> So, there are shops that have many articles priced at 19.99€, so that
> kids can pay for them fast and without permissions.
>
> The idea is that you can pay for a coffee or a bus ticket just by waving
> your phone.

All that makes it easier to buy.  No thinking required.  What retailers
have always strived for.

Stef

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        Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-02-22 18:06 +0000
      Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2016-02-22 12:00 -0600
      Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-02-22 18:29 +0000
    Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2016-02-22 12:00 -0600
  Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2016-02-22 11:36 -0600
    Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-02-22 17:43 +0000
      Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Trenbidia <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2016-02-23 00:25 +0000
  Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-02-22 18:09 +0000
    Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-02-22 18:17 +0000
      Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-02-23 16:50 +0000
        Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-02-23 18:34 +0000
          Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2016-02-23 15:23 -0600
            Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Trenbidia <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2016-02-23 23:52 +0000
          Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-02-24 01:27 +0000
            Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2016-02-23 20:39 -0600
              Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-02-24 08:35 +0000
              Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-02-24 18:09 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-02-24 20:18 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-02-25 06:56 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. "john" <z@z.z> - 2016-02-25 11:56 -0800
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-02-26 17:47 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-27 00:14 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-02-27 08:36 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-02-27 19:43 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-02-27 18:30 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-02-27 21:37 +0100
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-02-28 04:22 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-02-28 15:14 +0100
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-02-28 17:19 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-02-28 19:36 +0100
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-02-28 21:33 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-02-28 23:07 +0100
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another..  totally off topic now!! "john" <z@z.z> - 2016-02-29 09:36 -0800
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. totally off topic now!! "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-02-29 23:52 +0100
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. totally off topic now!! Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-03-01 00:38 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-02-29 17:08 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-01 00:09 +0100
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2016-03-01 00:29 +0000
                Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@invalid.es> - 2016-03-01 01:57 +0100
  Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2016-02-22 18:38 +0000
    Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2016-02-22 18:44 +0000
      Re: Installing on one machine, using in another.. Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2016-02-22 20:24 +0000

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