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On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 11:46:36 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:

> "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> wrote in message news:mv8lbb$8eu$7@dont-email.me...
>> On 2015-10-09 10:06 AM, Onion Knight wrote:
>>> On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 10:02:23 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
>>>
>>>> "owl" <owl@rooftop.invalid> wrote in message
>>>> news:fsnmbc83.jfi@rooftop.invalid...
>>>>> Another reason to hate phonetards.
>>>>> Recently moved from ubuntu 10.04 lts to debian jessie.
>>>>> ubuntu used to automount my media player as mass storage.
>>>>> Now debian wants to use mtp just to cater to phonetards.
>>>>> Of course none of the jmtpfs, mtp-tools, etc. stuff works on this
>>>>> device.  Die, phonetards!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Get an Ubuntu phone. You could have full immersion in the Ubuntu
>>>> ecosystem.
>>>>
>>>>     "Ubuntu Phone review: years in the making, but still not
>>>> consumer-ready"
>>>>     July 24, 2015
>>>>     http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/24/ubuntu-phone-review/
>>>
>>>  "Ubuntu Phone review: years in the making, but still not
>>>  consumer-ready"
>>>
>>> Sounds like desktop Linux in general.
>>
>> +1. Two decades after its premiere, it's still mostly unusable.
> 
> I had to laugh when I read a Ubuntu phone review from this total fanboi.
> See if anyone can spot what's wrong with the review of this *phone*?
> 
> <quote>
> A month with the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition:
> 
> Problems:
> As of the latest update, I am unable to answer calls. When I receive a
> call and the decline/answer buttons appear, the touch screen seems to
> completely stop working. The only way to fix this is for the person to
> stop ringing you, or for you to reboot your phone.
> 
> Conclusion:
> Overall I am very happy with it. Luckily I don't receive many calls so I
> can get by without the phone working for the time being. If you're a
> dedicated Ubuntu user, then I definitely recommend this.
> </quote>

So a phone that can't do the most basic of things a phone is supposed to 
do is what he would 'definitely recommend'?  What the hell was he smoking?




-- 
Lloyd

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another reason owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-10-09 08:29 +0000
  Re: another reason "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-09 10:02 -0400
    Re: another reason Onion Knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-09 10:06 -0400
      Re: another reason "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-09 11:11 -0400
        Re: another reason "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-10-09 11:46 -0400
          Re: another reason Onion Knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-09 11:55 -0400
            Re: another reason owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-10-09 20:06 +0000
          Re: another reason Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-10-09 16:09 +0000
            Re: another reason Onion Knight <onionknight@linuxmail.org> - 2015-10-09 12:11 -0400
              Re: another reason "Dr. John Grubor" <grubor@grubor.org.invalid> - 2015-10-12 00:46 +0000
            Re: another reason "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-09 14:30 -0400
          Re: another reason "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-09 13:08 -0400
    Re: another reason owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-10-09 18:30 +0000
  Re: another reason "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-09 11:04 -0400
    Re: another reason owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-10-09 18:19 +0000
      Re: another reason "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-09 14:40 -0400
        Re: another reason owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-10-09 18:46 +0000
          Re: another reason "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-09 14:49 -0400
            Re: another reason owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-10-09 18:59 +0000

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