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1. Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Saturday, 02-Aug-2014 15:05:56 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

   • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
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   @RonAmadeo writes: "The great Ars experiment—free and open source software on a smartphone?!" http://a…
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Saturday, 02-Aug-2014 15:17:47 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     @RonAmadeo on !FDroid: While most of these open source apps work fine, the design usually boils down to…
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Saturday, 02-Aug-2014 15:35:47 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
     Sadly, @RonAmadeo confuses the "Free" in !FreeSoftware with lack of monetization: "Why is the FOSS app…
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Saturday, 02-Aug-2014 15:37:15 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     Fortunately, @RonAmadeo comes to a conclusion that meshes with my own views: "But if you're willing to d…
   • jezra (jezra)'s status on Saturday, 02-Aug-2014 16:48:35 EDT jezra

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     @bobjonkman or maybe it is because of the limited number of programming languages and GUI toolkits available on Android
   • Andrew Conway (mcnalu)'s status on Saturday, 02-Aug-2014 17:10:18 EDT Andrew Conway

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     • jezra
     @jezra there was a nice #hpr about C on #android the other day http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=1562
   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer)'s status on Saturday, 02-Aug-2014 17:50:26 EDT Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     • Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
     !FreeSoftware isn't about design aesthetics, or featuritis: " Free software is sometimes low quality. It…
   • jezra (jezra)'s status on Saturday, 02-Aug-2014 20:43:31 EDT jezra

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     • Andrew Conway
     @mcnalu indeed. I'm a big fan of Sigflup's shows. Can I write a python GTK app for android? Can I wri…
   • Andrew Conway (mcnalu)'s status on Sunday, 03-Aug-2014 02:35:27 EDT Andrew Conway

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     • jezra
     @jezra was just pointing to sigflup's show, but: gtk no; qt yes; python yes; Android app on Gnu/linux yes with qemu, fast with android-x86
   • jezra (jezra)'s status on Sunday, 03-Aug-2014 20:31:02 EDT jezra

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     • Andrew Conway
     @mcnalu qemu? in that case. Photoshop runs just fine on Linux.... in Wine. :)