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by Jach 2530 days ago
Yeah. Though I also wish someone would tackle this from a hardware perspective too. I'm looking forward to being able to run various linux programs on a real linux phone, but many are never going to be touch-screen friendly let alone mobile-layout friendly. A phone with a little pointer nub and left-click/right-click buttons would be sweet to me...
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I mean, I think if you can run real Linux programs, and a lot of your "daily use" stuff works with touch, you can connect a Bluetooth mouse/keyboard combo when you need it. (I already keep one in my car.) And being Linux, you can probably script a bunch of stuff (when using your keyboard) to "just work" when you're not using your keyboard.

The important part is you won't need to special case what you can run on a phone versus what you can run on a desktop. A lot of stupid/simple Windows apps I wish I could run on my phone. But even if you are on Windows Phone you could only run apps meant for it.