ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Selene Scriven <selene.scriven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Marco A. Harrendorf <marcokarlo@xxxxxx> wrote:
> I tried out starting of native X11 applications on my phone ...
> 
> Starting graphical X11 programs on my Ubuntu Phone is working 
> quite well, ...

> * Install Fluxbox as window manager
> sudo apt-get install fluxbox
> ...
> * Install some Web Browser like Dillo, Firefox and Chromium
> sudo apt-get install dillo

I'm really happy to hear this is do-able now.  Running 
full-fledged desktop apps on a phone was the #1 feature I and 
many of my friends were excited about when the Ubuntu Edge was 
announced, and it seems to be getting very close!  :)

... and I'm also feeling a little smug that Dillo was the first 
app in your example, since it has been my favorite browser ever 
since I used it in Familiar Linux on an iPaq/Zaurus.

I wonder if the Matchbox window manager is still any good.  It 
was designed for phones and is still in the package 
repositories...  Looks like my old xkbd fitaly layout is now 
included in xvkbd, too.  I could totally rebuild my Linux PDA 
interface from 2002.  :)

If I recall correctly, my iPaq is still configured like this, 
sitting in storage somewhere:

  http://toykeeper.net/ipaq/gfx/screenshots/2002-11-11.fitalyslashdot.png

It always worked a little nicer on my Palm Pilot though, which 
used a paper overlay on the graffiti area for nice writing 
texture, and handled key slide-offs in up to eight directions:

  http://toykeeper.net/keyboard/palm/gfx/thumb_fitaly-3.3.png

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-- Selene