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owari · Joined: 14 Jun 2012 Posts: 7

Sorry, the post was doubled so I tried to delete this one but mission not successful! I see no delete choice here.

Lobster · Posted: Wed 08 Aug 2012, 21:53 Post subject:

runtt21 · Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 1638 Location: BigD Texas

Just got Google nexus 7 tab . Macpup is a little faster than the tab and uses much less resources but the tab is a breeze to set up and is a lot of fun . I could survive with it. The bad thing is all of the good apps and stuff cost $ . Puppy can do much more for much less
I really wish it had rox .

Lobster · Posted: Wed 08 Aug 2012, 22:12 Post subject:

Even though I am typing this on an iPad, the nexus is closer to a potential puppy pad. E ink type technologies are taking time to get to market as are lightweight nanotube carbon batteries or similar. Consumers are buying tablets. Nexus is showing the way, the next version should include a second camera. Laughing

glad you are having fun.

runtt21 · Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 1638 Location: BigD Texas

That is all it lacks , a forward facing camera and the capacity to take and save/send pics and video. It can video chat now so not to much more to ask.

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4734 Location: Manila

The current tablets are fine, but they bother me because they require my online identity. With PCs, that is optional.

I hope to see soon a PriPup (Privacy-assured Tablet). Very Happy

owari · Joined: 14 Jun 2012 Posts: 7

linuxbear · Posted: Thu 09 Aug 2012, 15:08 Post subject:

Lobster · Posted: Fri 10 Aug 2012, 01:13 Post subject:

nooby · Joined: 29 Jun 2008 Posts: 10208 Location: SwedenEurope

"On screen keyboard (we will need this)"

There are so many versions available for Android.

Swype? "Swype is a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard, the patented technology ..."

There are many many others that I don't know the name of.
Maybe derailing the thread should I start a new but if I start it
then very few would respond.

Could you not start a new thread with a poll on which input method
that is the fastest and easiest way to input text on any tablet screen?
or most popular and preferred way?

aplihs · Joined: 10 Aug 2012 Posts: 4

I don't have one. But need to get one soon....

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 3439 Location: Earth

Lobster · Posted: Tue 14 Aug 2012, 06:40 Post subject:

Cloud Puppy
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=520286&search_id=1298046317#520286

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 3439 Location: Earth

This is the last time I will publish links on where the world is going. By now, it should be apparent to all of us. (This does NOT mean anyone of this community must embrace it. But if we simply use the efforts of RasberryPI as an example of how quickly a shift can occur, the shifts to touch-personal systems has been happening at an even quicker rate.)

For your read

Here to help Cool

gcmartin · Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 3439 Location: Earth

@Lobster brings a focus of an already existing distro in Puppy. What's really missing is documentation of a practical use in the home's LAN for home devices. And, we can contribute by bringing some standard operations to this mix.

The reason for my asking for a "collaboration" is that I think we can begin to setup, and operate a colloboration where a "team" of individuals contribute to a distro with all sorts of related works. This includes, but it not limited to, the distro, its packages, and user documentation for user use in a personal home setting.

Microsoft's SLATE is going to be the Apple iPad/iPhone competitor as they move forward. Current internal industry reports show that there will soon be International Techco agreements to remarket the Microsoft product and there are signals all over the place of new product designs coming from Google as well as Microsoft and they begin to expand the whole mobile (Cloud) market, significantly.

The App-Store is becoming our way of life and will be the way of life for ALL consumers (thanks to Apple's lead in showing the way).

This is happening at a much more rapid pace than initially expected.

Puppy can have a tremendous impact in this direction and it does NOT take too much planning to impact a major paradigm shift that even the vendors had not chosen to address, just yet.

Do we have enough gas (manpower/understanding/willingness) in the community to, as a collaboration team, move the needle forward?

Lastly, we (I, too) are NOT suggesting abandonment of tradition. We are looking at how to embrace the future we moving to with what we have. This does mean a kinda morphing that must occur as the devices are adding functionality that did not exist at the turn of this decade.

Understanding is key.