On 12/20/2014 09:09 AM, Hans Witvliet wrote:
Any good suggestions when looking for a smartphone?
My daughter use to have a Sony Experia, and communicating to her laptop only works with some awkward Windows-tool.
And I heard that Samsungs are not Linux-friendly either.
Where was that? I've had five Samsung phones, the original Nexus, and four of the S-series, as well as a couple of tablets. All work fine with Linux, with with a USB cable to my desktop and the Media Transfer protocol making them look like data stores, or using a Files explorer[1], recommended by IIR John Anderson. Here a few months ago. That works as FTP or via SAMBA. Thank you, John. I've also transferred files on SD cards for the tablet and later model phones, a 32G card. For that I had to install FUSE and exFAT.
Most important features is being able to the a phone as a storage device, for music, photo's and so on.
STORAGE! WTF! The phone is for active stuff not archives. Swap-in/swap-out to a series of ... Well either SD cards or using a OTC cable to USB sticks. My hip pouch/wallet has slots for extra cards :-) Lost the URL but this is somewhat like it http://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-Black-Wallet-Leather-Pouch-Holster-Carrying-Case-...
All other features can be found in zillions test sites, but none can tell me how 'linux-compatible' a phone is.
You mean on a scale of 1..10 ? No, its not the phone hardware, its the app you're running. It may be the app on the phone, such as the LAN manager, it may be that you need the right cable, but its not a matter of the phone, certainly not with any Samsung/Android phone or tablet I've used or had friends use. I would be really interested in learning where you heard that Samsung was not compatible with Linux. Nonsense like that needs to be repudiated. [1] http://www.estrongs.com/?lang=en http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/ES-File-Explorer,0301-33292.html https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&h... -- /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML Mail / \ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org