Re: [LAU] Linux audio droid?

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 02:57:51PM +0100, Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
> On 02/18/2010 02:45 PM, Olivier Guilyardi wrote:
> > On 02/14/2010 03:42 AM, Ken Restivo wrote:
> >> Just curious: do any of the Android-capable phones have an FPU? Can any of them run JACK?
> >>
> >> I've got a Linux audio instrument that fits in my backpack; the next challenge would be to see if I can get on that fits in my pocket.
>
> Btw, you also really should check Maemo and the Nokia N900. That's much more of
> a Linux system: GTK-based, PulseAudio included, etc... In Android, there isn't
> much left apart from the kernel.
>

Thanks, there was an earlier post about the N900. He also mentioned that the apps would have to be not just recompiled with CPU-specific flags, but rewritten to use ASM calls to get the FPU to work. That's much more work than I have interest in at this time.

Indeed, it'd have to run a proper Linux distro like Debian for me to consider using it; glad Maemo is that.

However, the prices on these things are still in the insane territory (i.e. US$400), so I ain't going there for at least a few years until these become "obsolete" and can be had for US$100 or so on Craigslist. I consider myself lucky if I can make US$50 a night, so expensive hardware is way out of reach for me.

-ken
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Received on Fri Feb 19 00:15:03 2010