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Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think
Date	2026-04-14 18:03 +0000
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On Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:12:52 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:

> So actually I looked at Linux generically. Discovered that most of the
> software I use will not run on the OS. The real investment becomes
> finding substitutes. Unless all you need is a browser, word processor,
> spreadsheet and email. And all your current hardware happens to have
> drivers available. A Linux advocate once told me if something does not
> work just write my own driver. No thanks.

People who use software only available for Windows should stay with 
Windows. Personally, VS Code, Python, Arduino IDEs, QGIS, Node, C/C++ 
compilers, Vim, clang, and so forth are cross platform. I don't need a 
word processor or spreadsheet but Brave and Thunderbird are also cross 
platform.

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Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-03-31 10:02 -0400
  Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-31 21:19 +0000
    Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2026-04-01 12:54 -0400
      Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2026-04-01 14:42 -0400
      Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-01 20:30 +0000
      Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-09 12:59 -0400
  Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-03-31 19:02 -0400
  Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2026-04-01 06:42 -0500
    Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com> - 2026-04-14 07:12 -0400
      Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think vallor <vallor@vallor.earth> - 2026-04-14 12:25 +0000
        Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2026-04-14 09:17 -0400
          Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Nick Charles - 2026-04-14 22:02 -0400
        Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2026-04-14 16:58 -0400
      Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-04-14 08:36 -0400
      Re: Android support is a lot wider than people may think rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-04-14 18:03 +0000

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