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from: RICKMAN
date: 2017-12-18 13:02:00
subject: Re: Using a Phone Like a

Roger Bell_West wrote on 12/18/2017 11:59 AM:
> On 2017-12-18, rickman wrote:
>> This is much cheaper than buying a pi along with a display, touch screen,
>> battery, power supply, etc.  MUCH cheaper.  Can it be unlocked to install
>> whatever OS you want?  While I'm sure it could run various versions of
>> Linux, it likely won't run Raspbian I assume.
>
> It's very unlikely to have any modern OS ported to it, so you won't be
> able to secure it. That's fine if you're in a very local network with
> no possibility of external access by bad actors (humans or robots).

Perhaps you can explain what you mean by "modern" OS.  Android isn't a
"modern" OS?

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Rick C

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