On: RemixOS – Android for the desktop

[lqdc13]

Why would grandma want a desktop instead of a chromebook? And why would a poweruser or a gamer want an underpowered PC?

This might be good for intermediate/casual/netbook users though or those who do computing on some remote machine.

[emidln → lqdc13]

I'd prefer Android on my Chromebook Pixel (assuming for a second that I didn't just install Arch Linux on it) instead of having Chrome OS. I'd take a working Skype + Browser over just a Browser. There aren't any webapps that I really use that don't have a comparable in quality or better app. Assuming multi-window works, this would actually just be ChromeOS++ for me.

[digi_owl → emidln]

Got me thinking about an article that claimed that perhaps the command line was the better one for older people.

One reason being they could go back and look at previous actions.

Another being how you could only do one thing at a time, and put other stuff on hold (and was reminded if you wanted to shut down).

The author likened the latter to putting a bill somewhere visible as a reminder to pay it.

[lqdc13 → digi_owl]

They also get lost in the GUI in my experience. Too many things that are clickable or possibly clickable, too much information on the page and they get overwhelmed.

With CLI, you do have to remember commands and compose things, but somehow it is easier for them. I am actually always surprised by this. More people should try to teach their older relatives some CLI magic.