Re: SO what to us on Android then?
Firefox. If you require better privacy and ready to give up a lot of stuff Orbot & Orweb in default setting.
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You can get Firefox ESR, secure it with known extensions and settings, in fact better run it inside a conservatively setup Debian stable in a virtual machine.
On mobile there is a very interesting couple to check: Orbot&Orweb.
By going this way you get mainstream support, help open source and show finger to Google.
It is the first time I have seen Android text input went crazy, only on Skype.
Actually, using it since symbian s60, 24/7, it was the first time I noticed such a serious bug in Skype client.
Either they do it on purpose or they are being victimized by an internal conspiracy.
I have checked the market again, usual scenario... I like a modern design like lenovo yoga just to find out a detail, "Intel graphics" and give up.
Oh yes,I want to play games, I am 12! (easier than lecturing people 500th time about why you shouldn't run a crap graphics chip in 2013)
So, there is/was something wrong with Java. Developers aren't really blind fans of google/Android too. That excuse works with Apple but not Android.
Does oracle do anything to fix the problem? No. They just broke sun.com domain by buying it and nothing else.
That is what I talk about.
Why wouldn't a 2013, i7 cpu based device reaching $4K wouldn't run a high end game?
If it is normal, why wouldn't we buy a top ends nvidia tegra tablet with quarter of price?
See what I talk about? Intel should really do what it does best: Cpus. Graphics is totally different business. Their solutions are weak, pushed/forced to consumers.
I7 with 8 gig RAM? I expect it to play 4K 10 bit h265 with colour correction. Regular HD? Even my smart phone does it.
Worst thing is, lower model is lighter and thinner than high end model.
Next, they will start doing E72 type mistakes, an upgrade to E71 business phone which can't take proper macro photos.
See symbian haters? That was what we were talking about when we said symbian os is just a victim.
Another thing is operating system itself may behave like a virus. It is in nature of operating systems.
Unlike mcafee who seems to have "invented" heuristics after decades of use, that is the main reason why companies do crazy things like virtual machines, cloud based white listing, machines left open to internet on purpose etc.
Poor Intel wasted their billions.
In a world which companies and even end users expect a common security suite which will work similar on all their devices from a cheap Huawei to top of the line i7 workstation, they ship software which will work fine only on Intel cpu.
If someone at Kaspersky or Sophos came up with such an idea,he would be fired.
Also, heuristics and behaviour analysis are old news in real security scene. Signatures are only a first line in defense. It has been same since IBM&F-Prot.
I noticed someone shipped a launcher for Android resembling the interface of it. Seems to impress.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.np.omkar.unityfree
It also means "unity" that desktop users hated is really optimized for touch. (win8 story again)
I always hated the concept of checking signed OS files however;
1) core parts of operating system that checks signature can be cracked,deactivated
2) the certificate itself would get stolen or leaked
3) users are click happy
4) impossible occurs and the OS vendor itself may release malware as update.
Kaspersky users want to have an extremely paranoid Russian security chief in their machines. With the ever increasing OS complexity, these things will happen from time to time.
While on it, vendors like Kaspersky already do a great deal of white list, cloud "common wisdom" etc. Things really changed. Personally I like their "security first, ignore couple of 'it is heavy, slow' trolls" approach so far. They could blindly trust all Microsoft signed executable files and they could be rated "fastest", "lightweight" etc. That is way easier.
Hats off to Intel for insisting on its incapable graphics junk and Microsoft for being lazy to shave off a modern Windows for netbooks.
If you ignore PR, you can still buy a proper AMD netbook with up to spec ATI gpu. Install either win 7 or stable Debian, there you have a real portable computer.
That is exactly why Linus is furious. Nothing did more harm to Linux desktop other than audio.
So while things got better thanks to pulse audio etc, you submit something that breaks audio somehow. Linus is a human being too.
Microsoft camp may compare this to submitting a win8 patch that will allow another "blaster". Wonder how polite will be the kernel/security chiefs...
Yahoo never took search too seriously and never insisted on its own engine when something better exists.
Yahoo always cared about mail, news and the (still) excellent "my Yahoo".
Altavista engine mentioned,I also remember them using google for a while. Now they use Bing engine.
Google lost me once they did stupid trickery like forcing google+ account to post reviews on market. I am absolutely sure now that we have a new Microsoft in hand.
It requires real name and I won't hit that low to fake my identity to post reviews, positive or negative.
I don't understand this phobia from Debian, it has to have "buntu" in it?
As a person who hates any kind of needless tech junk, I installed Debian to powerbook g4. It was almost easy as OS X install. Also it was the feared "stable".
Every distribution which is derived from Ubuntu adds to their argument.