Is there any news from Jolla about convergence?

asked 2016-03-24 16:05:03 +0200

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Maybe you've heard of it, maybe you haven't. Ubuntu is coming up with convergence, being able to connect to a screen, keyboard and mouse and having a full desktop environment.

Is Jolla working on this, or do they have any plans?

As it is linux, it would be nice to get like a desktop gnome-ui when i connect a screen.

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I think nothing stops you from doing that on Jolla other than not having a video out. You can run a distro on a systemd-nspawn container.

ApB ( 2016-03-24 17:01:47 +0200 )edit

for me a convergence is a join-process from two existing parts. For canonical the two parts would be the mobile-os and desktop-os, is a fine "marketing" name of it... That the two parts already exist by canonical, that make their business easier.
By jolla, there is just a mobile os.
And not forget, the hardware should support is. the ubuntu tablet has an hdmi plug. no jolla-supported has this port... seems to be that this function, on the short term won't be present.
I don't know what they want to do for the long term. From my point of view, that is a point that is really important to differentiate itself from other concurrent. Should not be ignored. and has currently a kind of unlike flair... But first, they should bring a good basis. This function on an unstable os, would make the experience even more bad...

cemoi71 ( 2016-03-24 17:22:25 +0200 )edit

@ApB you hitech geek. lol! ;-)

cemoi71 ( 2016-03-24 17:25:32 +0200 )edit

Only slightly similar, but here's a link anyway...
https://together.jolla.com/question/59450/jolladesk-a-phone-as-a-desktop-computergame/

vattuvarg ( 2016-03-24 18:51:17 +0200 )edit
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I'd like any news from Jolla, at this time. They've been pretty quiet as of lately...

spidernik84 ( 2016-03-25 15:17:02 +0200 )edit