The problem with this comparison is, Android or Ubuntu Eee aren't "Linux" any more than they are general-purpose OSes like Windows. They are Linux-based OSes that have a corporation behind them, paying someone to develop and support a specific hardware platform. The companies selling netbooks and smartphones have a vested interest in making the OS work flawlessly on their hardware, and don't care about supporting random beige-box PCs
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Ubuntu Eee != vendorext_49859July 8 2009, 14:45:15 UTC
Umm... EeePCs come with Xandros. Ubuntu Eee does not ship on anything by default. Canonical has nothing to do with them. It's just a bunch of Eee users who took Ubuntu, ripped out the kernel, made new kernel with the drivers they need, and put it back together. That Canonical hasn't told them off for trademark infringement yet (like they did for Eeebuntu (now known as Easy Peasy), the last fork to try this) is surprising to me.
Re: Ubuntu Eee != vendorpallmallsJuly 8 2009, 17:13:28 UTC
Okay, Xandros, whichever. Point is, Asus pays someone (Xandros, the company) to make sure that Xandros (the OS) works on their hardware. Google pays its employees to make sure Android works on the Google-branded phones.
Wait what.. installing?ext_49859July 8 2009, 14:47:23 UTC
Who says Grandma has to install Fedora to use it? That's a load of bologna. Why expect people to install on their own at all. I installed Ubuntu for my mom, and when she needs a new machine, she'll be getting one from http://zareason.com
I have a new netbook with skype on it as well as a new ASUS skype only machine. My name on it is Suzenrose and I do not have anyone to skype to.
Please let me know if I can call you ( or you could call me ) on video sometime to see how it works. My younger sister is coming in town in 2 months and I'd like to be good at it so I can teach her how to use it to video talk to me. She lives in Boston area and I live in Pittsburgh. thanks - This is Beth Lynn's Mom
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Please let me know if I can call you ( or you could call me )
on video sometime to see how it works.
My younger sister is coming in town in 2 months and I'd like to be good at it
so I can teach her how to use it to video talk to me. She lives in Boston area and I live in Pittsburgh. thanks - This is Beth Lynn's Mom
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