[ale] Riddle me this

[Jay Lozier]

Good question. How different is Android from a vanilla Linux distro? I  
know Android use a Google JVM (Dalvik?). Are most apps written in  
Java/Scala? If they are, I would think porting would be relatively  
straightforward (I may be showing my ignorance).

On Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:44:12 -0400, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Riddle me this, why is that apps for android, which we all know is
> Linux can play netflix, rebox, and other video feed, but Linux can't?
> I am shocked with the number android apps that are there out there,
> that no one has though of create an app like crossover for android to
> Linux. It should be easy enough.
>
> With Flash dead for Linux, a lot of site that use it are now only a
> later version, thus making Linux hard to view them, but these same
> site have apps that work on android.
>
> Am I wrong to think, most apps for android, are nothing but web apps
> any that that just have a nice interface that points to a url?
>
> Yes, I understand that android is written for Arm Processors, but you
> think it would be easy to re-compile them for Linux.
>
> Just something I been wondering about as I have to create a windows
> virt for my son to use club penguin and cartoon network, when cartoon
> network app on android does the same thing on web, but only makes it
> easier to spoon feed the masses.
>
> --
> Terror PUP a.k.a
> Chuck "PUP" Payne
>
> (678) 636-9678
> -----------------------------------------
> Discover it! Enjoy it! Share it! openSUSE Linux.
> -----------------------------------------
> openSUSE -- en.opensuse.org/User:Terrorpup
> openSUSE Ambassador/openSUSE Member
> Community Manager -- Southeast Linux Foundation (SELF)
> skype,twiiter,identica,friendfeed -- terrorpup
> freenode(irc) --terrorpup/lupinstein
> Register Linux Userid: 155363
>
> Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD,  an app you want
> to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE
> Studio a try. www.susestudio.com.
> See you at Southeast Linux Fest, June 7-9, 2013 in Charlotte, NC.
> www.southeastlinuxfest.org
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo


-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier at gmail.com