November 30, 2008 7:12 PM PST
Dear iPhone DevTeam,
Please put your fine skills to more useful and practical purposes.
How about working on making Linux as nice as Mac OS so that we can all really be free and happy.
November 30, 2008 7:38 PM PST
Linux can own OSX in anything except for running programs which do not have a Linux port, and it can still do that through virtualization and WINE. Just ask yourself, what runs supercomputers? Linux.
November 30, 2008 7:54 PM PST
Some supercomputer run linux. Some don't. People have built supercomputer with OSX, Windows, HPUX, Solaris, etc. etc. etc. However, that doesn't really address what the original commenter is asking for - he's asking for a consistant and intuitive UI, a system that doesn't require you to play with obtuse config files, one that doesn't require you to be a sys admin (or be friends with one) in order to make the best use of it. Linux still isn't there yet.
November 30, 2008 9:49 PM PST
I will never understand Linux, it wants to be everything to everyone. Basically, Linux is the Britney Spears going through depression of the operating system world. I guess that would make KDE and GNOME the two kids.
November 30, 2008 7:29 PM PST
Mac OS is nice?
November 30, 2008 7:32 PM PST
I'm with GH.
I'll add that those programmers really need to get a life...
November 30, 2008 7:44 PM PST
I have to agree that this doesn't seem to be a good use of time and talent. Polishing the current (Linux) desktop would be a far better endeavor. You're not going to be able to improve on the iPhone GUI. Why not see what can be done on a Windows Mobile device?
November 30, 2008 8:44 PM PST
For starters, I can think of one huge improvement over the native iPhone OS - being able to install any app, without the App Store. While this has been implemented by jail breakers, I've heard that this gets broken everytime a new update is released. If these guys wrote a Linux-based OS, then we wouldn't have this problem. They could open up the iPhone and remove all those proprietary restrictions. Plus, any existing Linux apps could be easily ported to the iPhone.
November 30, 2008 7:48 PM PST
Why would they need to get a life? They can obviously have a life and work on amazing things like making an iphone run on another operating system as easy as bootcamp for osx. Now other people with lives will be able to make an unlocked iphone with linux apps
November 30, 2008 7:55 PM PST
Its a good first step but without driver support its a dead end.
November 30, 2008 8:34 PM PST
They need to get a life because they spent a lot of time working to make something useful into something useless. They clearly, clearly lack something better to do with their time.
November 30, 2008 8:46 PM PST
benjwah, what makes you think that an iPhone with Linux is useless? It's actually very powerful, so powerful that only a few people can actually use it now. Once they produce a suitable GUI for it, it will become more functional than the native iPhone OS.
November 30, 2008 7:56 PM PST
Stop all the hateresque comments and just accept it for what it is, good job team...!
November 30, 2008 8:01 PM PST
Breaking news!
Operating system designed to be installed on anything with a hard drive, gets installed on something with a hard drive.
November 30, 2008 8:13 PM PST
Alright, now start working on the Google Android port...
November 30, 2008 10:02 PM PST
Idiot android is Linux. If you where trying to be funny it was fail. Yes I think that for people with lives this in general is not that great YET. Once they add a decent gui and maybe the ability to record video then it would be amazing. I am still stuck on the fact that apple does not believe that people record video with their phones. If I was paying money for a phone with a camera I would like it to record video. If I am paying a lot of money for a luxury phone I has to record dam good video, and send it anywhere. Just saying.
December 1, 2008 12:01 AM PST
If you were trying to be funny, it was hilarious to me.
November 30, 2008 8:31 PM PST
Wow. Where do I get my copy of "Take My iPhone and Make It Useless 1.0"?
November 30, 2008 8:44 PM PST
@Mr. Duckett:
You gotta start somewhere.
December 1, 2008 1:32 AM PST