Re: Linux?

From	Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android
Subject	Re: Linux?
Date	2018-09-06 13:53 +0000
Organization	NOYB
Message-ID	<pmrigo.cmo.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> (permalink)
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T <T@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 09/04/2018 10:39 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 
> >    Then why do you want Android, i.e. what kind of Android apps do you
> > want to run?
> 
> Netflix, Writer, Viki, Drama Fever, Amazon reader, Firefox, Blue Mail,
> etc..

  Netflix and Firefox run on all platforms and I assume that there are
alternatives for the others. May be, just may be,  you really *need*
some Android apps, but I doubt it.

  FWIW, I have an Android tablet because I wanted to see if it could act
as a replacement for my (Windows) laptop for our extended (several
months at a time) travels. It couldn't, so I'm still taking my laptop.
So *I* do not need any Android app (on a tablet).

> >    And why do you want Linux?
> 
> Open source.  No spying (telemetry)
> 
> >    I.e. tell us a bit more about what you want to do with the tablet and
> > perhaps we can give some other suggestions.
> 
> See above
> 
> >    BTW, for Netflix, you could use small/cheap(ish) Windows tablet.
> 
> YIKES!!!!  Windows!!!!  I wish to avoid Windows.

  Aren't you the same 'T' as in the Windows newsgroups?

> >    BTW2, you do not need a Google account to run Android or Android apps
> > and *if* you use a Google account it can be as fake/private as you want,
> > so there's little/nothing for Google to spy.
> 
> Google apps send back tons of telemetry.  And Android 6
> is constantly popping up crap to download from Google.

  I said 'Android apps', not 'Google Apps', i.e. apps written for use on
Android, not apps written *by Google*.

  "constantly popping up crap to download from Google" is rather vague,
but if you mean that the (Google) Play Store app is doing that, then
disable updates or disable the Play Store app altogether.

> I am looking at something like Sailfish (linux for Tablets
> that lets you run Android apps), but Sailfish is having issues.
> 
> Maybe an Android tablet that is deliberately missing
> all of Google's mischief?

  You can just disable all the Google apps.

  Bottom line: Use an Android tablet, disable or uninstall all the
Google stuff - including the Play Store and - as I said before -, get
(the APKs of) your apps from an alternative source (such as apkpure.com)
so you don't need a Google account.

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Linux? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2018-08-31 09:33 -0700
  Re: Linux? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-31 12:37 -0400
    Re: Linux? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2018-08-31 14:40 -0700
      Re: Linux? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-08-31 18:04 -0400
  Re: Linux? xJumper <sugarman@mailinator.com> - 2018-08-31 13:34 -0400
  Re: Linux? mrvtktjv <mrvtktjv@mp107.ct8.pl> - 2018-09-01 00:06 +0200
  Re: Linux? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-01 10:53 +0000
    Re: Linux? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2018-09-01 20:34 -0400
    Re: Linux? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2018-09-02 01:15 +0000
    Re: Linux? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-04 01:51 -0700
      Re: Linux? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-04 13:31 +0000
        Re: Linux? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-04 10:09 -0700
          Re: Linux? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-04 17:39 +0000
            Re: Linux? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-05 14:15 -0400
              Re: Linux? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-06 15:32 +0000
                Re: Linux? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-06 20:16 -0400
                Re: Linux? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-07 15:33 +0000
                Re: Linux? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-07 12:40 -0400
                Re: Linux? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-07 17:10 +0000
                Re: Linux? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-08 17:51 -0400
            Re: Linux? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-05 12:50 -0700
            Re: Linux? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-05 12:59 -0700
              Re: Linux? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-06 13:53 +0000
                Re: Linux? 123456789 <123456@123456.com> - 2018-09-06 09:04 -0700
                Re: Linux? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-06 18:09 +0000
                Re: Linux? 123456789 <123456@123456.com> - 2018-09-06 18:35 -0700
                Re: Linux? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-07 14:59 -0700
                Re: Linux? 123456789 <123456@123456.com> - 2018-09-08 21:18 -0700
                Re: Linux? sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> - 2018-09-06 19:20 -0700
                Re: Linux? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-07 14:29 -0700
                Re: Linux? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-08 16:04 +0000
                Re: Linux? 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-09-08 11:03 -0700
                Re: Linux? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-08 19:18 +0000
                Re: Linux? 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-09-08 19:00 -0700
                Re: Linux? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2018-09-09 15:05 +0000
                Re: Linux? 123456789 <12345@12345.com> - 2018-09-09 09:22 -0700
                Re: Linux? T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2018-09-09 19:08 -0700
                Re: Linux? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-08 17:51 -0400
  Re:Linux? Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-09-02 20:16 +0200

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