Re: problem with n810 boot up

green
2010-01-09T23:53:19Z

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Luke-Jr wrote at 2010-01-09 11:43 -0600:
> On Friday 08 January 2010 11:03:38 pm green wrote:
> > Luke-Jr wrote at 2010-01-05 17:46 -0600:
> > > * N900 is supposedly mostly mainlined already, and supposedly Nokia will
> > > actually finish the job with unlike N8x0; it also has nicer hardware,
> > > even if you just ignore the cellular capabilities
> >
> > You say "supposedly"; where do you get this information? Is there a
> > mailing list or something...?
>
> IRC: #Maemo on FreeNode.

Okay; thanks.

> > I would like to find out what works before making a purchase.
> > I made careless assumptions about Linux support when purchasing the N810.
>
> Probably best to do a through study of the code, then. While things are
> supposedly better with the N900, things were supposedly good with the N810
> too, which was more or less advertised as being open source and running Linux
> even though neither will probably ever be true at this rate. Nokia has taught
> me not to trust such claims even when they have a large fan backing. :/

The FOSS community wants to support Linux/etc. through their purchases,
but it seems that Nokia has taken advantage of that. I will be more cautious
in the future, especially regarding Nokia.

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