Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented

From	Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented
Date	2015-10-18 19:30 +0200
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Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>     Is there anything small which can run Debian?
> How small is "small"?
>
> My old MSI Wind U100 netbook ran Debian perfectly, i.e. all the hardware was
> fully supported, including 3D graphics, with no need for any binary
> blobs (according to "vrms" it was clean, except for those pesky
> emacs-common-non-dfsg packages ;-).  The only tweak I'd had to do was to
> replace the mini-pcie wifi with an Atheros one (the original wiki
> worked more-or-less OK with a firmware-blob, but the driver was in
> "staging" and had a few issues).
>
> IIRC there were many similar machines back then (you just want to be
> careful to avoid those machines with the gma500 aka "Poulsbo" graphics,
> for which support is problematic).
>
>
And then there were the Nokia "Internet Tablets" (palmtops, actually) - 
the N770 and it's successors 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Internet_tablet), as well as a 
couple of phones built on similar hardware (N900).

They all ran (run) Maemo, a Debian derivative (see maemo.org).  The 
software in open source and the community seems to be active, though the 
devices are no longer made.

There are some other Debian-based distros aimed at handhelds.  See 
https://wiki.debian.org/Handheld


-- 
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.   .... Yogi Berra

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smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 00:00 +0200
  Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented dean <deanshannon3@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 03:10 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 03:50 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-17 05:00 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2015-10-17 14:30 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-17 19:20 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 19:30 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-17 21:00 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-17 21:20 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2015-10-18 16:50 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 19:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 22:00 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2015-10-19 02:40 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 21:30 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 21:50 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 22:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 23:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-18 12:20 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-10-18 12:20 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 00:10 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 01:20 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-10-18 01:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 02:50 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-10-18 14:20 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015006@iiita.ac.in> - 2015-10-18 14:40 +0200
                Debian on netbooks: was Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 15:20 +0200
                Re: Debian on netbooks: was Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 15:30 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
  Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 15:40 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 19:20 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented deloptes <deloptes@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-17 19:40 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Terence <terence.john@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 09:30 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 10:10 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Terence <terence.john@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 10:10 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-10-17 21:50 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 22:10 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-10-17 23:10 +0200

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