Posts by eszklar 19 publicly visible posts • joined 18 Mar 2012
Three years of updates is typical for phone manufactures, you do get exceptions like the latest Pixels (7 years) and iPhones typically get more than three years software-wise. Given all this, I'd rather get a Fairphone instead - more easily repairable and in addition to Fairphone's official Android OS build you can always install LineageOS or DivestOS to extend the life of the phone. Pity I can't get them easily here in Canada though.
Read about Vanilla OS 2 as well here:
https://www.omglinux.com/vanilla-os-2-released-with-android-app-support/
Very keen to install/try it. Already cut a USB stick, now looking for some decent hardware to install it on.
P.S. The comments in the above weblink are interesting to read regarding problems/difficulties with the installation and afterwards. Perhaps giving your reply there as you did in El Reg would be useful for additional perspective.
Always been interested in a full-on Desktop Environment on Mobile. I've used DeX with Samsung devices, installed MaruOS back in the day on my Nexus 5 to check that out. Heard that the Fairphone 5 has a Desktop Environment capability with Stock Android.
I mainly use GrapheneOS on my current Pixels (8 Pro, 7 and 7a) and would like to see Desktops come there as well (I suppose I could do this with a Pixel Fold/Tablet with GrapheneOS).
Thumbs up for Liam using this machine. I too have one but am currently running MX Linux XFCE 32-bit on it. Love it to bits, wish there was an ARM version of this machine form-factor.
As to Alpine Linux with this particular version, will consider it if I come across a another machine like the Vaio P.
Cheers Liam.
Quick Ubuntu 23.04 Daily Build Test
Liam:
Anyway to do quick down-and-dirty test with say Ubuntu 23.04 Daily Build for ARM and a 6.3.x-RC kernel build? Canonical is working on support for this Thinkpad and Ubuntu 23.04 is supposed to be released on April 20th, but in the meantime......
Great review. Really looking forward to you testing Linux on this.
The Wifi version of the Z2 Tablet is easily available here in Toronto, however I'm much more interested in the cellular-enabled version which has pentaband GSM and LTE and apparently you can use the Z2 tablet as a big phone as it supports making phone call natively (not using VoIP) with a phone voice/data SIM card.
Nice review on the Z Ultra. This is actually coming to Canada on Bell around October 15th along with the Z1. $799 and $699 CDN for the Z Ultra and Z1 respectively I believe. Talked to a Sony sales person at the Eaton Centre Sony Store in Toronto and he tells me Sony Canada will have the unlocked Z Ultra @ $750 thereabouts. We'll see.
For the next review might I suggest the Nexus 7 2013 LTE. No true "telephony" per se but with VoIP does it really matter? Will fail the lager test for sure though.
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